- Mohammad Hassan Mirza
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Mohammad Hassan Mirza
شاهزاده محمدحسن میرزا قاجارPhotographic portrait of Mohammad Hassan Mirza (r) and his brother Ahmad Shah Qajar (l) Heir Presumptive Qajar dynasty Reign 1930 - 1943 Predecessor Soltan Ahmad Shah Qajar Successor Soltan Hamid Mirza Spouse Mahin Banou Malek-Mansour
Mohtaram-os-Saltaneh
Homayoun-os-Saltaneh
Shams-ol-Molouk
Aziz AghdasIssue Prince Soltan Hossein Mirza
Prince Soltan Hamid Mirza
Prince Rokn al-Din Mirza
Princess Shams Aqdas
Princess Giti AfrouzDynasty Qajar Father Mohammad Ali Shah Mother Malakeh Jahan Born 20 November 1899
Tabriz, IranDied 7 January 1943 (aged 43)
Maidenhead, EnglandBurial Kerbala Mohammad Hassan Mirza (20 November 1899–7 January 1943), brother of Ahmed Shah Qajar of Iran, and former Crown Prince of the Qajar dynasty. Soon after Reza Shah deposed the Qajar dynasty and made himself Shah of Iran in 1925, Prince Mohammad Hassan and his family were sent into permanent exile to England. In 1930, he declared himself the rightful heir to the crown as pretender to the throne. He died on 7 January 1943 in Maidenhead, England and was buried in Kerbala, Iraq.
His son, Hamid Mirza Qajar continued to be as pretender to the throne and was favoured by the British as a potential successor to Reza Shah Pahlavi after the latter was deposed during World War II. His efforts were hindered by the fact that he didn't speak Persian and his mother tongue was English[citation needed].
Honors
- 1st class of the Order of the Lion and the Sun of Persia
- 1st class of the Order of the Crown of Persia
- Grand cross of the Order of Muhammad 'Ali of Egypt - 1921
Offspring
- Prince Soltan Hosein Mirza (25 August 1916, Tabriz-1986, Canada)
- Prince Soltan Hamid Mirza (23 April 1918, Tabriz-5 May 1988, London)
- Prince Rokn al-Din Mirza (1923, Tehran-1996, Canada)
- Princess Shmas Aghdas (1919, Tehran-1991, Paris)
- Princess Giti Afruz (1922, Tehran-)
Government Positions Held
- Governor-General of Azerbaijan 1918.
Preceded by
Ahmad Shah QajarHeir Presumptive Qajar dynasty
1930–1943Succeeded by
Hamid MirzaCategories:- Qajar princes
- 1899 births
- 1943 deaths
- Heads of the Qajar Imperial Family
- Iranian royalty
- Iranian expatriates in the United Kingdom
- Qajar pretenders to the Iranian throne
- Iranian exiles
- Knights of the Order of the Most Holy Annunciation
- Iranian people stubs
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