Anoushiravan Mirza Explained

Birth Place:	Tabriz
Birth Date:	1833
Death Date:	1899
Relations:	Qajar dynasty
Rank:	Brigardier General
Serviceyears:	1847-1899

Prince Anoushiravan Mirza "Zia' od-Dowleh" "Amir Touman" (1833-1899) was a Persian prince of the Qajar dynasty, politician, and governor.

Life and career

Anoushiravan Mirza also written Anushirvan Mirza was born on 19 August 1833 at Ardabil, Iran, and died on 23 October 1899 in Tabriz after developing apoplexy and paralysis. He was at Shusha, Karabakh. He was the first-born and eldest son of Prince Bahman Mirza, the governor-general (vali) of Azerbaijan in the time of Mohammad Shah Qajar. His mother was Bahman Mirza's first chief wife Princess Malek Soltan Khanom, daughter of Prince Mohammad Taghi Mirza "Hessam os-Saltaneh".^{[1] [2]} After Bahman Mirza fell out of favour at court in Tehran and exiled to Russia in 1848 his wives and children followed him to Russian occupied Caucasus province of Karabakh. But shortly after 1850 Anoushiravan Mirza moved back to Iran. And when his cousin Nasser al-Din Shah pardoned Bahman Mirza in 1872, finally Anoushiravan Mirza was rewarded with several governmental offices. In 1873 he became governor of Turshiz, 1878 governor of Talesh, later 1881-1882 governor of Tabriz, 1884-1886 and 1898-1899 of Semnan, Damghan and Shahrud, 1888-1889 governor of Borujerd and Lorestan. In 1891 he had the vizierate of the province of Kermanshah on behalf of the almighty governor and commander-in-chief of his time Hassan Ali Khan Garrousi "Amir Nezam". He also received the title of Zia' od-Dowleh (lit. Splendour of the State) - which that he became well-known - and the military rank of Amir Touman (lit. Commander of Ten Thousand, i.e. general) by Nasser al-Din Shah.^[3] Thomas Stevens 1887 told in his travel-diary Around the World on a Bicycle:

Family and Offspring

Prince Anoushiravan Mirza married in 1850 as his first and chief wife (Persian: galin khanom) his cousin Badie ol-Jamal Khanom, daughter of Mohammad Hassan Khan Iravani by Princess Mahrokhsar Khanom "Fakhr od-Dowleh" (full-sister of Bahman Mirza).^[4] Secondly he married the daughter of Prince Amir Teymur Mirza Hessami, son of Mohammad Taghi Mirza "Hessam os-Saltaneh". He issued two sons and two daughters:

• 1. Prince Soltan Ahmad Mirza, he had issued:
  • 1.1. Princess Benazir Khanom.
• 2. Prince Soltan Majid Mirza "Dar ol-Molk".
• 3. Princess Malekzadeh Khanom, she married Prince Shazdeh Mirza Bahrami "Sana' od-Dowleh" and issued:
  • 3.1. Princess Monavvareh Khanom, she had issued.
  • 3.2. Princess Moniere Khanom, she had issued.
• 4. Princess Malekeh Afagh Khanom Bahman, (b. 1864 at Tabriz, d. 26 Oct 1917 at Tehran), married ca. 1880 1rstly: Mirza Hossein Behnam; married 1898 2ndly: Amanollah Khan Zia' os-Soltan (d. 1931 at Hamburg) from the Donboli Khans of the Khoy Khanate. She had issued three sons and one daughter:
  • 4.1. Shahzadeh Ali Akbar Bahman (1880-1964), he had issued:
    • 4.1.1. Mehr-e Jahan Khanom Bahman.
  • 4.2. Ali Asghar Bahman, he had issued:
    • 4.2.1. Cyrus Bahman.
    • 4.2.2. Talieh ol-Afagh Khanom Bahman.
    • 4.2.3. Badie ol-Jamal Khanom II Bahman, who married into the Zarrinnaal family.
  • 4.3. Nosrat ol-Molouk Khanom Bahman (1899-1972), who married into the Zarrinnaal family and issued:
    • 4.3.1. Zarrin Rokh Zarrinkafsch-Bahman.
    • 4.3.2. Ali Zarrinpour Zarrinkafsch-Bahman.
    • 4.3.3. Abdol Hossein Amir Keywan Zarrinkafsch-Bahman.
    • 4.3.4. Abolreza Anoushiravan II (died 1939).
  • 4.4. Abolghassem Bahman (1902-1956).^[5]

Sources

• Book: Bahmani-Ghajar , Mohammad Ali . 1998. Neveshtar-e Bahman Mirza. Tehran.
• Book: Bamdad , Mehdi . 1999. Sharh-e hal-e Rejal-e Iran, Vol. I. Zavvar. Tehran.
• Book: Barjesteh van Waalwijk van Doorn (Khosrovani)/ Bahman Bayani , L.A. Ferydoun . 2004. "The Fath Ali Shah Project", in: Qajar Studies. Journal of the International Qajar Studies Association, Volume IV. Barjesteh van Waalwijk van Doorn. Rotterdam.
• Book: Ismayilov , Eldar . 2009. A Persian Prince of the Qajar Royal House in the Russian Empire. Moskaw.
• Book: Kadjar , Chingiz . 2001. The Kadjars. Baku.
• Book: Stevens , Thomas . 1940. Around the World on a Bicycle. London.

Notes and References

1. Eldar Imayilov: A Persian Prince of the Qajar Royal House in the Russian Empire, 2009, p. 84 ff.; Chingiz Kadjar: The Kadjars, 2001, p. 94 ff; L.A. Ferydoun Barjesteh van Waalwijk van Doorn (Khosrovani) and Bahman Bayani: "The Fath Ali Shah Project", in: Qajar Studies. Journal of the International Qajar Studies Association, Volume IV, 2004, p. 172.
2. Web site: The Bahman (Qajar) Ancestors. www.zarrinkafsch-bahman.org.
3. Mehdi Bamdad: Sharh-e hal-e Rejal-e Iran, Vol. I., 1999, Tehran: Zavvar, p. 197.
4. Web site: صفحه نخست » صفحه اصلی خدمات پیوسته » جستجوی کتابشناسی » جستجو پيشرفته » ليست مدارک يافت شده » نمايش کامل . www.opac.nlai.ir . 2017-04-12.
5. Web site: The Line of Bahman Mirza. www.zarrinkafsch-bahman.org.