Mass'oud Mirza Zell-e Soltan

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Mass'oud Mirza Zell-e Soltan ("Mass'oud Mirza the Sultan's Shadow (5 January 1850 in Tabriz – 2 July 1918 in Isfahan) was a Persian prince of the Qajar Dynasty; he was known as the "Yamin-al-Dowleh" ("Right Hand of the Government"). He was eldest son of Nasser-al-Din Shah and Efet-od-Dowleh, and the brother of Kamran Mirza Nayeb es-Saltaneh and of Mozzafar-al-Din Mirza (who eventually became Mozzafar-al-Din Shah), but Mass'oud Mirza could not ascend as Shah as his mother was from outside the Qajar dynasty's family group. He was governor of Esfahan from 1872 to 1907 and governor of Fars from 1907 to 1908. Mass'oud Mirza died in Esfahan in 1918. He was buried in Mashhad. He had 14 sons and 11 daughters.

Honours

• 2nd class of Order of the Lion and the Sun of Persia
• 1st class of Order of the Lion and the Sun of Persia
• 2nd class of Neshan-e Aqdas of Persia
• Knight of the Order of the Star of India
• Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle of Prussia
• Knight of the Order of the Red Eagle of Prussia
• Knight of the Order of the White Eagle of Russia
• Grand Cross of the Legion d'Honneur of France
• Exalted Order of Honour of Turkey

Children

Zell-e Soltan had 14 sons and 11 daughters including :

• Prince Soltan Hossein Mirza Jalal ed-Dowleh
• Prince Bahram Mirza Sardar Mass'oud (1885-24 March 1916)
• Prince Akbar Mirza Sarem ed-Dowleh (1885-29 September 1975)
• Prince Esma'il Mirza Mo'tamed Dowleh (1887–1968)

References

• Soltani, Shahla (2006). Aqajan Shazdeh. Tehran: Farzan Rooz. ISBN 964-321-255-6

External links

• Genealogy of descendants of Mass'oud Mirza Zell-e Soltan, qajarpages
• A carpet made for Zell-e Soltan [1]