Ali Mirza Qajar

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Soltan Ali Mirza Qajar (born November 16, 1929 in Beirut, Lebanon) is the son of soltan Majid Mirza Qajar and the grand-son of Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar. He is the current Head of the Qajar Imperial Family. Despite Soltan Ali Mirza Qajar being Head of the Qajar Imperial Family, the Qajar claimant to the Peacock Throne is the Heir Presumptive Mohammad Hassan Mirza II, son of Soltan Hamid Mirza and grand-son of Soltan Ahmad Shah's brother and sucessor in exile, Mohammad Hassan Mirza Qajar.

Mohammad Hassan Mirza proclaimed himself Shah in exile in 1930 after the death of Soltan Ahmad Shah Qajar. Mohammad Hassan Mirza died in 1943 in England and was succeeded by his nephew Fereydoun Mirza whose death in 1975 resulted in Mohammad Hassan Mirza's son Hamid Mirza as becoming the new Heir Presumptive. Upon his death in 1988, his son Mohammad Hassan Mirza II becomes Heir Presumptive, a title he has not yet claimed.