Kamran Mirza ( fa, کامران ميرزا; July 22, 1856 – April 15, 1929), was a

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and third surviving son of

Nasser al-Din Shah Naser al-Din Shah Qajar ( fa, ناصرالدین‌شاه قاجار; 16 July 1831 – 1 May 1896) was the fourth Shah of Qajar Iran from 5 September 1848 to 1 May 1896 when he was assassinated. He was the son of Mohammad Shah Qajar and Malek ...

. He was the brother of

Mass'oud Mirza Zell-e Soltan Mass'oud Mirza Zell-e Soltan ( fa, مسعود میرزا ظل‌السلطان, "Mass'oud Mirza the Sultan's Shadow"; 5 January 1850 in Tabriz – 2 July 1918 in Isfahan), or Massud Mirza, was a Persian prince of the Qajar dynasty; he was known ...

and

Mozzafar al-Din Shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar ( fa, مظفرالدین شاه قاجار, Mozaffar ad-Din Ŝāh-e Qājār; 23 March 1853 – 3 January 1907), was the fifth shah of Qajar Iran, reigning from 1896 until his death in 1907. He is often credited with t ...

. He was also the progenitor of the Kamrani Family. He might have been Prime minister of Iran for a few days in April–May 1909, but this is not clearly referenced. Kamran Mirza also served as Iran's Commander-in-Chief, appointed in 1868 for the first time, and

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from 1880 to 1896 and from 1906 to 1907.Kamran Mirza Nayeb-al-Saltana
on

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Biography

Kamran Mirza Nayeb es-Saltaneh, born 22 July 1856 in

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, was the son of

and the brother of

and Mozzafar al-Din Mirza. His mother, Monir al-Saltaneh, was the daughter of the architect to the crown. Due to Nasser-ed-Din Shah's dislike of Mozaffar-ed-Din Mirza, he was the Shah's favored son for succession, but on account of the non- Qajar origin of his mother, like his other brother

, Kamran Mirza was not eligible for succession to the throne. He was educated by private tutors and at the Imperial Military College in Tehran. In 1862, when he was 6,

appointed him as the governor of

with the stewardship of Pasha Khan Amin ol-Molk. He was styled ''Na'eb es-Saltaneh'', Vice Regent, in 1867 before the Shah's trip to

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and was given the title ''Amir Kabir'', grand commander, the highest rank in the Qajar military, by his father in 1869. He was governor of

1862–1863 and 1875–1876, governor of

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and Gilan 1878–1884, Mazandaran 1878–1884, and Minister for War from 1869 to 1873, 1884, 1896. The star of Kamran Mirza's fortunes plummeted, but it was not entirely eclipsed, after the assassination of Nasser al-Din Shah in 1896. His daughter,

Malekeh Jahan Malekeh-Jahan ( fa, ملکه جهان; 18751947) was the queen consort of her cousin Mohammad Ali Shah of Persia, and the mother of Ahmad Shah Qajar. She played a political role during the reign of her husband as a supporter in his struggle aga ...

, married to Mohammad Ali Mirza who was later crowned as

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. During the Constitutional Revolution he established the pro-court society. He was minister of war in 1908. In the reign of his grandson, Ahmad Shah, he was Governor-General of Khorasan from 1916 to 1917. Kamran Mirza Nayeb es-Saltaneh died in

on April 15, 1929, and was buried in

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. The Kamranieh district in the North Tehran belonged to him. He received the Order of the Royal Portrait, ''Temsaal-e Homayouni'', from his father.

Honours

* Order of the Royal Portrait (''Temsal-e-Homayouni'') of

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* 1st Class of the Order of Neshan-e Aqdas of

* 1st Class of the Order of the Lion and the Sun of

* Knight of the

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* Knight of the

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* Knight of the Order of St. Stanislas of

* Knight of the Order of the White Eagle of

* 1st class of the Order of St. Anne of

* Grand cross of the

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-1880

Children

Nayeb es-Saltaneh was married to eleven wives. His first wife, Sorour ed-Dowleh was daughter of Morad Mirza ''Hessam es-Saltaneh'' Conqueror of

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son of

Abbas Mirza Abbas Mirza ( fa, عباس میرزا; August 26, 1789October 25, 1833) was a Qajar crown prince of Iran. He developed a reputation as a military commander during the Russo-Persian War of 1804–1813 and the Russo-Persian War of 1826–1828, as ...

. They had four children, Princess Malakeh Jahan, wife of

and mother of Soltan Ahmad Shah; Ma’ssoumeh Khanom died in her youth, Qamar-ol-Moluk died when she was 14 and Fath Ali Mirza died aged five. Kamran Mirza also had 22 children from his other wives, 10 daughters and 12 sons. sons * Prince Fat'h Ali Mirza * Prince Mohammad Mehdi Mirza ''Zell-os-Saltaneh'' * Prince Abbas Mirza ''E'ezaz-es-Saltaneh'' * Prince Abdollah Mirza ''E'etezad Khaqan'' * Prince Hassan Ali Mirza ''Farrokh-od-Dowleh'' * Prince Soltan Salim Mirza ''Salar-e Aghdas'' * Prince Ebrahim Mirza ''Salar-e A'azam'' * Prince Mohmmad Reza Mirza ''Firouz-od-Dowleh'' * Prince Mohammad Baqer Mirza ''Amir Arf'a'' * Prince Hossein Ali Mirza ''Eghtedar-os-Saltaneh'' * Prince Mohammad Taqi Mirza ''Nosrat-ol-Soltan'' * Prince Mahmud Mirza Amir Akram daughters * Princess Malakeh Jahan, mother of Soltan Ahmad Shah * Princess Safieh ''Monir A'azam'' * Princess Mahtaban ''Mo'azaz A'azam'' * Princess Ensieh Houra * Princess Farrokh A'azam * Princess Banoo Olia * Princess Nayyer A'azam * Princess Fakhr-e Olia * Princess Negar-ol-Molouk * Princess Banoo Aghdas

References

* Moayer-ol-Mamalek, Dustali (1982). Rejale Asre Nassery. {{DEFAULTSORT:Nayeb Es-Saltaneh, Kamran Mirza Qajar princes 1856 births 1929 deaths Field marshals of Iran People of the Persian Constitutional Revolution Recipients of the Order of Saint Stanislaus (Russian) Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Russia) 19th-century Iranian politicians Defence ministers of Iran 20th-century Iranian politicians