Firuz Mirza | |
Farmanfarma | |
Birth Date: | 1817 |
Death Date: | 4 April 1886 |
Dynasty: | Qajar |
Father: | Abbas Mirza |
Mother: | Ezzat Nisa Khanum |
Spouse: | Homa Khanom |
Issue: | Abdol-Hossein Farman Farma Najm al-Saltaneh |
Religion: | Twelver Shia Islam |
Firuz Mirza Nosrat ad-Dowleh Farmanfarma (Persian: فیروز میرزا نصرت الدوله فرمانفرما; 1817 – 4 April 1886) was a Qajar prince, military commander and administrator in 19th-century Iran. He was the sixteenth son of Abbas Mirza.
During the rule of his brother Mohammad Shah Qajar, Firuz Mirza had a prosperous political and military career. This continued under his nephew Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, who appointed him to multiple governorships and other leading positions. He was also a scholar and an expert with the kamancheh, a bowed string instrument.
The current Firuz and Farmanfarmaian families are descended from the offspring of Firuz Mirza and his wife Homa Khanom, the granddaughter of Fath-Ali Shah Qajar . One of them were their son Abdol-Hossein Farman Farma. His daughter Najm al-Saltaneh was the mother of iranian politician Mohammad Mossadegh.