Mass'oud Mirza Zell-e Soltan (, "Mass'oud Mirza the Sultan's Shadow"; 5 January 1850 in

Tabriz Tabriz (; ) is a city in the Central District (Tabriz County), Central District of Tabriz County, in the East Azerbaijan province, East Azerbaijan province of northwestern Iran. It serves as capital of the province, the county, and the distric ...

– 2 July 1918 in

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), or Massud Mirza, was an Iranian prince of the

Qajar dynasty The Qajar family (; 1789–1925) was an Iranian royal family founded by Mohammad Khan (), a member of the Qoyunlu clan of the Turkoman-descended Qajar tribe. The dynasty's effective rule in Iran ended in 1925 when Iran's '' Majlis'', conven ...

; he was known as the "Yamin-od-Dowleh" ("Right Hand of the Government"). He was posted as the

governor A governor is an politician, administrative leader and head of a polity or Region#Political regions, political region, in some cases, such as governor-general, governors-general, as the head of a state's official representative. Depending on the ...

for over 35 years, and the governor of

Mazandaran Mazandaran Province (; ) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of Sari, Iran, Sari. Located along the southern coast of the Caspian Sea and in the adjacent Central Alborz mountain range and Hyrcanian forests, it is border ...

, Fars, and

for a total of 40 years.

Early life

He was the eldest son of

Naser al-Din Shah Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (; ; 17 July 1831 – 1 May 1896) was the fourth Shah of Qajar Iran from 5 September 1848 to 1 May 1896 when he was assassinated. During his rule there was internal pressure from the people of Iran, as well as external ...

and Effat-od-Dowleh, and the brother of

Kamran Mirza Nayeb es-Saltaneh Kamran Mirza (; July 22, 1856 – April 15, 1929) was a Qajar prince and third surviving son of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar. He was a brother of Mass'oud Mirza Zell-e Soltan and Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar. Kamran Mirza also served as Iran's Command ...

and of Mozaffar ad-Din Mirza (who eventually became

Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar (; 23 March 1853 – 3 January 1907) was the fifth Qajar shah of Iran, reigning from 1896 until his death in 1907. He is often credited with the creation of the Persian Constitution of 1906, which he approved of in on ...

), but Mas'oud Mirza could not ascend the

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because his mother was not a member of the

. At the age of thirteen he was appointed the governor of Mazandaran, Turkman Sahra, Semnan, and Damghan for four years.

Later life

He was governor of

from 1872 to 1907 and governor of Fars from 1907 to 1908. Mass'oud Mirza died in

in 1918. He was buried in

Mashhad Mashhad ( ; ), historically also known as Mashad, Meshhed, or Meshed in English, is the List of Iranian cities by population, second-most-populous city in Iran, located in the relatively remote north-east of the country about from Tehran. ...

. He had 14 sons and 11 daughters.

Issue

Zell-e Soltan had 14 sons and 11 daughters including : * Prince Homayoun Mirza Mass’oud Amir Arfae * Prince Soltan Hossein Mirza Jalal ed-Dowleh * Prince Pirouz Mirza Mass'oud * Prince Bahram Mirza Sardar Mass'oud (1885 – 24 March 1916) * Prince Akbar Mirza Sarem ed-Dowleh (1885 – 29 September 1975) * Prince Esma'il Mirza Mo'tamed Dowleh (1887–1968)

Honours

* 2nd class of

Order of the Lion and the Sun The Imperial Order of the Lion and the Sun (Persian language, Persian: نشان سلطنتی شیر و خورشید) was instituted by Fat′h Ali Shah Qajar, Fat’h Ali Shah of the Qajar dynasty in 1808 to honour foreign officials (later extend ...

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

* 1st class of

* 2nd class of

Neshan-e Aqdas The Neshan-e Aqdas (, ''Imperial Order'' or ''Most Sacred Order'') was an Imperial Iranian Order founded in 1870 by Naser al-Din Shah Qajar. There were three classes, with two different styles for Iranians (''Sardar'') and foreigners (''Nishan'') ...

* Knight of the

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* Knight of the

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* Knight of the

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* Knight of the Order of the White Eagle of Russia * Grand Cross of the

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* Exalted Order of Honour of

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References

Bibliography

* Soltani, Shahla (2006). Aqajan Shazdeh. Tehran: Farzan Rooz.

External links

* Genealogy of descendants of Mass'oud Mirza Zell-e Soltan,
qajarpages
* A carpet made for Zell-e Solta

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