PERSIA

Qajar Quyunlu II

(Afshartus, Amirsoleymani, Sepahbody)

GENEALOGY

• 1) Iskander Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu. m. a Zand Princess and had issue, four sons and several daughters, including:
  • a) 'Isa Khan.
  • b) Musa Khan.
  • c) H.H. Amir Muhammad Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu, Amir-i-Kabir, Governor-General of Erevan in the 18^th century. He had issue, three sons and three daughters:
    • i) General H.H. Husain Quli Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu. b. 1742, educ. privately. Prom. to the rank and title of Khan 1797. Capt. of the Household Slaves (Yuzbashi-i-Ghulam-i-Khas) of Fath 'Ali Shah 1795, prom. to Gen. 1797, cdr. of the expedition sent against Sadiq Khan Shaqaqi at Qazvin and Muhammad Khan Zand at Isfahan in 1797, Cdr. of the exped. against Nadir Mirza Afshar, Governor of Qazvin 1800-1802, of Khorasan 1802-1807, C-in-C Northern Armies 1807, served in the First Russo-Persian War 1807-1813, Governor-General of Erevan 1807-1827, lost Erevan to the Russians in 1827 (ceded 1828). He d. 1831, having had issue:
      • (1) Muhammad (Mahdi) Quli Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu. m. H.I.H. Shahzadi Shirin-Jan Khanum, daughter of H.I.M. Fath 'Ali Shah, Shahanshah of Persia, by his favourite wife, Tavous Khanum, Taj ud-Daula.
      • (1) A daughter. m. Field Marshal H.I.H. Shahzada Abbas Mirza, Nai'b us-Sultana, Crown Prince of Persia (b. at Nava, Mazandaran, 26^th August 1789; d. at Mashhad, 25^th October 1833), son of H.I.M. Fath 'Ali Shah, Shahanshah of Persia, by his principal wife, H.M. Queen Aisha Khanum-e Qajar Devehlu, Mahd-i-'Aliya, daughter of Fath 'Ali Khan-e Qajar Devehlu. She had issue.
    • ii) Captain Hasan Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu. Capt. of the Household Slaves (Yuzbashi-i-Ghulam-i-Khas) of Fath 'Ali Shah, served in the First Russo-Persian War 1808-1813, captured by the Russians at Erevan and imprisoned at Tiflis 1827-1828.
    • iii) H.H. Amir Sulaiman Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu, Amir-i-Kabir (cre. 1799). b. 1769. Previously styled Nizam ud-Daula and I'tizad ud-Daula. Dep. Governor-General of Azerbaijan 1798, and Chief Tutor to Crown Prince Abbas Mirza 1799. m. (first) a Zand princess. m. (second) (div.) Kuchik Khanum Tabrizi (m. second, H.I.M. Fath 'Ali Shah, Shahanshah of Persia). He d. 1805, having had issue:
      • (1) Field Marshal H.H. Amir Muhammad Qasim Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu, Amir-i-Kabir (s/o the Zand princess). m. (first) H.I.H. Shahzadi Begum Jan Khanum, second daughter of H.I.M. Fath 'Ali Shah, by his wife, Badar-i-Jahan Khanum, daughter of Muhammad Ja'afar Khan-e 'Arab. He d. 1831, having had issue, four sons and two daughters:
        • (a) H.H. Amir 'Isa Khan Vali, Ihtisham ud-Daula (s/o Shahzadi Begum Jan Khanum). He had issue:
          • (i) Husain Quli Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu, Vali. He d.s.p.
          • (ii) Muhammad Quli Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu, Majd us-Sultana. He d.s.p. 1905.
          • (iii) Mirza 'Allah Quli Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu Amirsoleymani. He had issue:
            • 1. Sultan Muhammad Mirza.
          • (iv) Major-General H.H. Haji Mahdi Quli Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu [Mehdi Qoli Amirsoleymani], Majd ud-Daula, KCMG (11.10.1889). b. 1850, educ. privately. Court Chamberlain, Master of the Horse, Comptroller of the Royal Household from 1885, Governor of Khawech 1897-1901 and Kermanshah 1901-1903, Mbr. Grand Council 1903, Ilkhani of the Royal clan from 1903, Governor of Shimran 1905, Cdt. Artillery 1907-1909. Rcvd: the Decoration of the Imperial Portrait. m. (first) daughter of General H.E. Haji Muhammad Nasir Khan-e Qajar Devehlu, Zahir ud-Daula, Vizier of Fars and Governor-General of Khorasan. m. (second) H.I.H. Shahzadi Tuman Agha Khanum, Fakhr ud-Daula (b. 1861; d. 1893), twelfth daughter of H.I.M. Nazir ud-Din Shah, Shahanshah of Persia, KG, by his wife, Hazin ud-Daula. m. (third) at Tehran, 7^th June 1894, H.R.H. Shahzadi Masuma Khanum, Surur ud-Daula b. at Gilan, 21^st January 1883), fourth daughter of Field Marshal H.I.H. Shahzada Kamran Mirza, Amir-i-Kabir. m. (fourth) H.I.H. Shahzadi Iftikhar us-Sultana (m. secondly, Nizam us-Sultan), fifth daughter of H.I.M. Nazir ud-Din Shah, Shahanshah of the God Protected Realms of Persia, KG. m. (fifth) 1882, H.I.H. Shahzadi Turan Agha Khanum, Faruk us-Sultana (b. 1862), ninth daughter of H.I.M. Nazir ud-Din Shah, Shahanshah of the God Protected Realms of Persia, KG. m. (sixth) H.R.H. Shahzadi Aziz us-Sultana, eldest daughter of H.I.H. Shahzada Muhammad Taqi Mirza, Rukn ud-Daula. He d. 1937, having had issue, eight sons and eight daughters:
            • 1. Shams ud-din Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu, Tamjid ud-Daula. b. 18xx, educ. privately.
            • 2. Haji "Khan Baba Khan", Amjad us-Sultan. b. 18xx, educ. privately.
            • 3. Mirza Muhammad 'Ali Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu. b. 18xx, educ. privately.
            • 4. 'Isa Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu, Majd us-Sultana. He had issue:
              • a. Turan Khanum, Sulaiman us-Sultana alias Qamar ul-Mulk. b. 1904. m. 1922, as his fourth wife (div. at Teheran, April 1924), H.I.M. Reza Shah Pahlavi, Shahanshah of Iran (b. at Savad Kuh, Mazandaran, 15^th March 1878; d. at Johannesburg, South Africa, 26^th July 1944), son of Major 'Abbas 'Ali Khan [Dadash Beg], of the Savad Kuh Regt. She d. 1995, having had issue, an only son - see Persia (Pahlavi).
            • 5. Allah Quli Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu [Allah-Gholi Amirsoleymani]. b. 1915. m. Banu Khanum, née Zolfaghari. He had issue, one son and two daughters:
              • a. Kamran Amirsoleymani.
              • a. Lili Amirsoleymani.
              • b. Ladan Amirsoleymani.
            • 6. Mustafa Quli Khan-e Qajar [Mostafa Qoli Amirsoleymani].
            • 7. Murtaza Quli Khan-e Qjar [Morteza Qoli Amirsoleymani].
            • 1. Iftikhar ud-Daula.*
            • 2. Surur-i-Aghdas.
            • 3. Bahjat ul-Mulk.*
            • 4. Nuzhat ul-Mulk. *
            • 5. Qadrat ul-Mulk.*
            • 6. Afaq ud-Daula.
            • 7. Munir-i-Azam.
            • 8. 'Izzat ud-Daula.
            • * note: one of whom m. H.E. Haji Amanu'llah Khan Ardalani, 'Izz ul-Mulk (b. 1878), Dir-Gen. Ministry of Finance 1921-1922, Finance Agent for Fars 1922-2923, Minister for Finance 1923 and Public Works 1923-1924, son of Haji 'Abdu'l Hasan Khan, Fakhr ul-Mulk, by his wife, H.R.H. Shahzadi 'Abbasa Khanum, 'Izz ud-Daula, daughter of H.I.H. Shahzada 'Abdu's Samad Mirza, 'Izz ud-Daula.
          • (v) Akbar Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu, Saif us-Sultan. Court Chamberlain 1900-1905.
          • (vi) H.E. Ja'afar Quli Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu, Muin us-Sultan (cre. 1896), Master of the Household previously styled Jalal ul-Mulk. Dep. Governor of Khuzistan 1880. m. at Tehran, 22^nd March 1882 (or 30^th March 1880 in A. Reza Sheikholeslami), H.R.H. Shahzadi Kaukab us-Sultana, eldest daughter of H.I.H. Shahzada Sultan Masud Mirza, Zill us-Sultan, GCSI, by his first wife, H.H. Amirzadi Hamadan Khanum, Hamdam us-Sultana, daughter of Field Marshal H.H. Mirza Muhammad Taqi Khan-e Farahani, Amir-i-Nizam, sometime Prime Minister.  He had issue:
            • 1. Mirza Azizu'llah Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu, Jalal ul-Mulk (cre. 1896).
          • (vii) Mirza Husain Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu, Sa'id-i-Humayun. Court Chamberlain.
          • (viii) Mirza Husain Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu [Mirza Husain Afshartus], Shibl us-Sultana. Assumed the surname of Asfartus in 1930. m. (first) … Khanum. m. (second) Fatima Khanum, eldest daughter of Amir Agha Mirza Zaman Khan-e Zarrinna'al, 10^th Mir of Sinneh, Shahzadagi Zarrinkafsch, Governor-General of Kurdistan 1868, Muster-Master General of the Army, and C-in-C of the Army. He had issue:
            • 1. Mirza … Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu, Shibl ul-Mamaluk (s/o the first wife).
            • 2. Mirza Muhammad Baqir Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu [Mohammad Bagher Afshartus] (s/o Fatima Khanum). He had issue:
              • a. Fath 'Ali Afshartus..
            • 3. Mirza 'Ali Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu [Ali Afshartus] (s/o Fatima Khanum).
            • 4. Mahmud Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu [Mahmud Afshartus] (s/o Fatima Khanum). Chief of Police Tehran. m. a niece of Turan Khanum, Sulaiman us-Sultana. He was k. by the Pahlavis, 1953, having had issue:
            • 5. Muhammad Sadiq Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu [Mohammad Sadegh Afshartus] (s/o Fatima Khanum).
            • 1. Akhtar us-Sultana. m. … Hedjazi. She had issue, two sons.
            • 2. Banu Usma Khanum. m. her cousin, … Amirsoleymani.
        • (b) Amir Arslan Quli Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu, Majd ud-Daula (cre. 1858). Previously styled 'Amid ul-Mulk. Special Chamberlain to Muhammad Shah, Grand Chamberlain to Crown Prince Nasir ud-din at Tabriz 1847-1848, Governor of Qazvin 1848-1849 and 1860-1861, Kamsa 1849-1855 and 1859-1860, Gilan 1855-1858 and 1868-1869, Yazd 1862-1863, and Arabistan 1871, Grand Chamberlain 1863-1869, Pishkar to Zill us-Sultan at Isfahan 1869-1871, Comptroller of the Royal Household 1871, Mbr. Cncl. of State 1871. m. as her third husband, H.I.H. Shahzadi Ruksha'ara Begum, Zinat ud-Daula (m. fourth, Mirza Zaki Khan), former wife of Muhammad Khan Erevani, and of Muhammad 'Ali Khan Makuni, and daughter of H.I.M. Fath 'Ali Shah, Shahanshah of Persia, by his wife, Shah Baz Khanum. He d. 1871, having had issue, three sons:
          • (i) Major-General Haji Nazir Quli Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu, Amjad ud-Daula. Previously styled 'Amid ul-Mulk (cre. 1858). Governor of Kamsa 1868-1872, 1878, 1879-1880, 1883-1885, 1892-1894 and 1908, and of Shimran 1905-1907, Cdr. of the Artillery 1907-1908. He had issue:
            • 1. 'Amid ul-Mulk.
          • (ii) Ihtisham ul-Mulk.
          • (iii) Haji Amid ul-Mulk.
        • (c) Sulaiman Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu, Khan-i-Khanan (s/o Shahzadi Begum Jan Khanum). m. H.R.H. Shahzadi Malikzadi Khanum, daughter of H.I.H. Shahzada Muhammad Quli Mirza, Mulk Ara Thani, by his wife, Gul Pari Khanum, Saraye ul-Mulk. He had issue, an only son:
          • (i) Anushirvan (Shir) Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu, 'Ain ul-Mulk. Previously styled I'tizad ud -Daula. Master of the Royal Kitchens 1855-1865, Governor-General of Mazandaran, Gorgan and Astarabad and C-in-C Mazandaran, Gorgan and Gilan 1865-1866, Governor of Qazvin, Khurzistan and Mahallat 1866-1868, Chief of Artillery and Royal Biuldings 1868. m. (first) a lady from Tehran. m. (second) at Tehran, 1852, as her second husband, H.I.H. Shahzadi Malikzadi Khanum, 'Izzat ud-Daula (b. 1836), eldest daughter of H.I.M. Muhammad Shah, by his chief wife, H.M. Malika Jahan Khanum, Mahd-i-'Aliya, daughter of Field Marshal H.H. Mirza Muhammad Qasim Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu, Amir-i-Kabir. He d. from plague at Tehran, 1868, having had issue (ancestor if the Sepahbody family), by his second wife:
            • 1. Mutamad ud-Daula (s/o. Shahzadi Malikzadi Khanum).
            • 2. Agha Khan Sepahbod-Qajar (s/o. Shahzadi Malikzadi Khanum). He had issue:
              • a. H.E. Anushirvan Sepahbody. b. at Tehran, 1888, educ. Political Sch., Tehran. Joined MFA 1907, Vice-Consul Vladikavkaz 1910, Chief of 3^rd Political Dept., Chief of Protocol 1926, Env. Ext. & Min. Plen. to Switzerland and Permanent Delegate to the League of Nations at Geneva 1929-1933, Under-Sec. MFA 1933, Env. Ext. & Min. Plen. to Italy (conc. to Austria, Czechoslovakia and Hungary) 1933-1936, Ambassador to the USSR 1936-1938, France (conc. to Spain) 1938-1939 and 1946-1947, Turkey 1940-1943, Egypt 1943-1945, and the Vatican, Minister for Foreign Affairs 1945-1946 and 1947, Justice 1946, and without Portfolio 1946. m. a lady from the Sardari family. He had issue, one son and two daughters:
                • i. H.E. Farhad Sepahbody, educ. Univ. of Paris (1949), Sch. of Foreign Service, Georgetown Univ., Washington DC, and New York Univ. (B. Econ.1953). Joined MFA 1955, served in Iranian embassies in Switzerland, USA, UK, France, and at the UN, Ambassador to Morocco 1976-1979, Press Consultant to the UN, New York, diplomatic correspondent for Imapress, Paris 1985-2003. He had issue, a son:
                  • 1a. Dr Cyrus Sepahbody.
                • i. Fatima Khanum [Fatmeh Sepahbody].
                • ii. Parvine Khanum [Parvine Sepahbody]. b. at Geneva. Switzerland, 10^th February 1931. m. Manuchir Khan [Manouchehr Sepahbody] (b. 1923), son of her uncle, Abedin Khan Sepahbody She d. at Tehran, 26^th October 2001 (bur. Shemshak, Tehran), having had issue, two sons and two daughters - see below.
              • b. Abedin Khan Sepahbody. He had issue, two sons and one daughter:
                • i.H.E. Manuchir Khan [Manouchehr Sepahbody]. b. 1923, educ. Tehran Univ. Joined Dept. of Trades and Arts 1945, Ministry of National Economy, and MFA, Dept. of Protocol 1953-1954, Dept. of Frontier Affairs 1954, Dept. of Personal Identities 1954, 2^nd Sec. Cologne, Consul-Gen. at Basra 19xx-1970, Karachi 1970-197x, Ambassador to Bahrain. m. Parvine Khanum [Parvine Sepahbody] (b. at Geneva. Switzerland, 10^th February 1931; d. at Tehran, 26^th October 2001), younger daughter of his uncle, H.E. Anushirvan Sepahbody. He has issue, two sons and two daughters:
                  • 1a. Farhad Sepahbody.
                  • 2a. Fatmeh Sepahbody.
                  • 1a. Haydeh Sepahbody.
                  • 2a. Roxanne Sepahbody.
                • ii. Parviz Khan [Parviz Sepahbody]. b. 1924, educ. Tehran Univ. Joined Ministry of Industries 1945, transf. to MFA 1950, Attaché Rome 1953, and Washington DC 1953-1955, 3^rd Sec. Washington DC 1955, 2^nd Sec. 1955-1957, employed with Protocol Dept. Tehran 1957-19xx, Ambassador to Denmark. He has issue, one son and one daughter:
                • 1a. Farhad Khan [Farhad Sepahbody].
                • 1a. Maryam Khanum [Maryam Sepahbody].
                • iii. Khadija Khanum [Khadijeh Sepahbody]. m. … She has issue, one son and one daughter.
            • 3. Agha 'Isa Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu, Itimad ud-Daula (s/o. Shahzadi Malikzadi Khanum). m. H.R.H. Shahzadi Sharif us-Sultana, elder daughter of H.I.H. Shahzada Muhammad Taqi Mirza, Rukn ud-Daula, Governor of Tehran, Khamseh, and of Zanjan, Governor-General of Khorasan, Fars, and of Arabistan. He had issue, four sons:
              • a. 'Ali Khan Sepahbody. He had issue, a daighter:
                • i. Farahnaz Khanum. m. … Nekougar. She has issue, three children.
                • b. Muhammad Taqi Khan [Mohammad Tagi Sepahbody]. m. Muhtaram us-Sultana, former wife of H.I.H. Shahzada Muhammad Hasan Mirza, Crown Prince of Persia, née Razzaghi. He had issue:
                • i. Fakhri us-Sultana Khanum [Fakhri-ol-Saltaneh Sepahbody].
              • c. Sulaiman Khan Sepahbody [Suleyman Sepahbody].
              • d. Asadu'llah Khan [Assadollah Sepahbody]. He had issue, two sons:
                • i. Musa Khan [Moussa Sepahbody].
                • ii. Isa Khan [Dr Issa Sepahbdoy]. b. 1911, educ. l'École normal superieur, and Univ. of the Sorbonne, Paris (Ph.D.). Teacher in French language Tehran 1937, Mbr. editorial staff of Journal de Tehran 1941-1951, emplyed with Iran Insurance Co. 1951, Head of Social Insurance Dept., Lecturer Tehran Univ., Attaché French Embassy, Tehran, Prof. of Law Texts and Philosophy, Tehran Univ.

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