List of mothers of the Qajar shahs explained

This list includes the biological mothers of Qajar shahs, some of whom were therefor queen mothers, titled in Persian Mahd-e Olia (Persian: "Sublime Cradle"). There were six shahs (kings) of the Qajar Empire in 7 generations. Throughout the 140-year history of the Qajar dynasty (r. 1785–1925) the shahs were all members of the same house, the house of Qajar.

Photo	Name	Son	Ethnicity	Place of Origin	Source
	Jeeran Khanum	Mohammad	Ghovanloo Qajar, daughter of Eskandar Khan Qajar-Ghovanloo	Astarabad	^[1] ^[2]
	Agha Baji Khanom, titled Mahd-e Olia	Fath-Ali	Ezz od-Dinlu Qajar, daughter of Mohammad Khan Qajar-Ezz od-Dinlu Beglerbegi of Marv	Marv	^[3] ^[4] ^[5]
	Assiyeh (Jahan) Khanom, titled Malek Gowhar	Mohammad	Davvaloo Qajar, daughter of Amir Mirza Mohammad Khan Qajar-Davvaloo "Tajbakhsh" Beglerbegi of Qazvin	Qazvin	^[6] ^[7]
	Malek Jahan Khanom, titled Mahd-e Olia	Naser al-Din	Ghovanloo Qajar, daughter of Amir Mohammad Ghassem Khan Qajar-Ghovanloo	Tehran, Qajar Empire	^[8]
	Shokouh al-Saltaneh Khanom	Mozaffar ad-Din	Ghovanloo Qajar, daughter of Prince Fathollah Mirza Qajar "Sho'a ol-Saltaneh"	Tehran, Qajar Empire	^[9]
	Taj ol-Molouk Khanom, titled Umm al-Khaqan	Mohammad Ali	Persian - Ghovanloo Qajar, daughter of Mirza Taghi Khan Farahani "Amir Kabir"	Tehran, Qajar Empire	^[10]
	Zahra Khanom, called Malekeh Jahan	Ahmad	Ghovanloo Qajar, daughter of Prince Kamran Mirza Qajar "Nayeb ol-Saltaneh"	Tehran, Qajar Empire	^[11]

See also

• Qajar dynasty family tree

Notes and References

1. Web site: دائرة المعارف بزرگ اسلامی:آقا محمدخان. www.cgie.org.ir.
2. Web site: زندگینامه آقا محمد خان قاجار. موسسه فرهنگی و اطلاع رسانی. تبیان. سایت موسسه فرهنگی و اطلاع رسانی تبیان.
3. H. Ebrahimnejad: Pourvoir et Succession en Iran: Les premiers Qajar 1726-1834, L'Harmattan: 1999 Paris, p. 17.
4. H. Busse: History of Persia under Qajar rule, Columbia University: 1972 New York, p. 2 ff.
5. Moezzi . Fateme . [ensani.ir/fa/article/download/83083 Mahd-e Oliyas of Qajar ]. Contemporary History of Iran . Spring 2008 . 12 . 45 . 14 August 2019.
6. Ebrahimnejad, p. 17.
7. Busse: p. 2 ff.
8. Web site: پایگاه خبری تحلیلی جمهوریت - مادر ناصرالدین شاه / عکس . 2020-04-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150706072946/http://www.jomhouriat.ir/fa/content/17464/%d9%85%d8%a7%d8%af%d8%b1-%d9%86%d8%a7%d8%b5%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%af%db%8c%d9%86-%d8%b4%d8%a7%d9%87--%d8%b9%da%a9%d8%b3 . 2015-07-06 . dead .
9. Web site: مؤسسه مطالعات تاريخ معاصر ايران IICHS. www.iichs.org.
10. Web site: MALEKAZĀDA ḴĀNOM – Encyclopaedia Iranica. www.iranicaonline.org.
11. Web site: Malekeh Jahan. Institute for Iranian contemporary historical studies. 4 February 2019.