Ali Mirza Qajar

Prince Soltan Ali Mirza Qajar
Head of the Qajar Imperial Family
Reign 2 July 1988 - 27 May 2011 (&1000000000000002200000022 years, &10000000000000329000000329 days)
Predecessor Soltan Mahmoud Mirza
Successor Mohammad Ali Mirza Kadjar
Dynasty Qajar dynasty
Father Prince Soltan Majid Mirza
Mother Homadokht Kian
Born November 16, 1929(1929-11-16)
Beirut, Lebanon
Died May 27, 2011(2011-05-27) (aged 81)
Paris, France
Styles of
Prince Soltan Ali Mirza Qajar
Reference style His Imperial Highness
Spoken style Your Highness
Alternative style Sir

Prince Soltan Ali Mirza Kadjar (Qajar) [1](November 16, 1929 - May 27, 2011) was an Iranian Prince of Qajar Dynasty and the son of Soltan Majid Mirza Qajar (1907-1975) and Homadokht Kian (Shayesteh Khanoum) (1912-1992) and the grandson of Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar. He was the 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 was the Heir Presumptive Mohammad Hassan Mirza II, son of Soltan Hamid Mirza and grandson of Soltan Ahmad Shah's brother and successor in exile, Mohammad Hassan Mirza Qajar.

Kaanoun-e Khanevadegi-e Ghajar (after 1999 Kadjar Family Association also named Qajar Family Association: KFA/QFA) was founded in Tehran under the presidency of Nosrat-os-Saltaneh son of Mozaffar al-Din Shah and Yamin-ed-Dowleh son of Naser al-Din Shah. It was dissolved two years after its founding. In 1999 under the presidency of Prince Soltan Ali Mirza this reconstituted association was brought to life by Prof. M.M. Eskandari-Qajar (Santa Barbara City College) and L.A.F. Barjesteh van Waalwijk van Doorn (private), who, together with Prof. M. Tehranian (then University of Hawaii), also founded the International Qajar Studies Association, of which Soltan Ali Mirza Qajar was the honorary president.[2][3]

Soltan Ali Mirza was a Barrister at Law from France and resided in Paris, France. He is the author of Les Rois oublies.[4]

Soltan Ali Mirza Qajar died on 27 May 2011 in Paris. Shortly before his death he donated his collection of Qajar manuscripts and photographs to the Qajar Studies and Documentation Centre, housed at the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

References

  1. ^ In official international documents the family name of the descendants of Mohammad Ali Shah is spelled in the French way, Kadjar, as opposed to the spelling of the name by the larger family: Qajar, see for the genealogy: L.A. Ferydoun Barjesteh van Waalwijk van Doorn (Khosrovani), Bahman Bayani and Manoutchehr M. Eskandari-Qajar, with kind help of Farhad Diba and Eylah Kadjar, 'The Fath Ali Shah Project: The Descendants of Mohammad Ali Shah', in Qajar Studies, Journal of the International Qajar Studies Association, volume VII (2007)
  2. ^ Qajar Studies, Journal of the 'International Qajar Studies Association', volume 1, Rotterdam, Santa Barbara and Tehran 2001, also see: [1] Persian Mirror, History of the Kadjar Family Association .2010-04-02.
  3. ^ Kadjar Family Association .2010-04-02.
  4. ^ Qajar pages.2010-04-02.

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Regnal titles
Ali Mirza Qajar
Born: 16 November 1929 Died: 27 May 2011
Preceded by
Mahmoud Mirza		 Head of the Qajar Imperial Family
1988–2011		 Succeeded by
Mohammad Ali Mirza Qajar
Heads of the Qajar Imperial Family

Soltan Ahmad Shah Qajar (1925- 1930) · Mohammad Hassan Mirza (1930- 1943) · Fereydoun Mirza (1943- 1975) · Soltan Hamid Mirza (1975- 1988) · Soltan Mahmud Mirza (1988) · Soltan Ali Mirza (1988-2011) · Soltan Mohammad Ali Mirza (2011-present)