Mohammad Shah Qajar

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Mohammad Shah (Persian: محمد شاه قاجار‎ )‎‎ (1810 - 1848) was the Qajar king of Persia between 1835 and 1848.

Mohammad Mirza was son of Abbas Mirza, son of Fath Ali Shah Qajar the governor of Azerbaijan. After Shah's death, Ali Mirza, one of the many sons of Fath Ali Shah Qajar--in opposition to ex-Shah's appointed heir, Mohammad Mirza--took the throne, nonetheless was quickly deposed at the hands of one Mirza Abu'l-Qasim Farahani Qá'im Maqam, to whom as a prize was awarded the position of chancellorship of Persia by Mohammad Shah at the time of his inauguration. He was later betrayed and murdered by the order of Mohammad Shah in 1835, at the instigation of Haji Mirza Aqasi, who would become the Qá'im Maqam's successor.

Qajar Dynasty Born: 1810; Died: 1848
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Preceded by Fath Ali Shah Qajar	Shah of Persia 1834-1848	Succeeded by Nasser-al-Din Shah Qajar