Mohammad Hassan Mirza

Mohammad Hassan Mirza Qajar (Persian: شاهزاده محمدحسن میرزا قاجار‎; 20 November 1899 – 7 January 1943) was the brother of Ahmad 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.

Mohammad Hassan Mirza
شاهزاده محمدحسن میرزا قاجار
Photographic portrait of Mohammad Hassan Mirza (r) and his brother Ahmad Shah Qajar (l)
Born(1899-11-20)20 November 1899
Tabriz, Azerbaijan, Persia
Died7 January 1943(1943-01-07) (aged 43)
Maidenhead, England, United Kingdom
Burial
Kerbala, Iraq
SpouseMahin Banou Malek-Mansour
Muhtaram-os-Saltaneh
Homayoun-os-Saltaneh
Shams-ol-Molouk
Aziz Aghdas
IssuePrince Soltan Hossein Mirza
Prince Soltan Hamid Mirza
Prince Rokn al-Din Mirza
Princess Shams Aqdas
Princess Giti Afrouz
DynastyQajar
FatherMohammad Ali Shah
MotherMalakeh Jahan

Tension with Ahmad Shah Qajar

Even before the dethronement of his brother Ahmad Shah Qajar by Reza Shah, he was still a inconsequential figure in Iranian politics.[1] This was not from a lack of trying however; in early march of 1921, the Mohammad Hassan Mirza approached the British legation with proposals to supplant his brother, the king of Iran at the time.[1] The High Commissioner's office in Baghdad informed Herman Norman in a telegram that Zia'eddin Tabatabaee informed them that Mohammad Hassan Mirza was "very dissatisfied with the shah and fears for safety of Persia from the Bolsheviks...",[2] and that "he [Mohammad Hassan Mirza] is prepared to form new government as he considers the Shah useless...".[2] Mohammad Hassan Mirza proposals were ignored, except by Percy Cox who was the former attache of Britain in Iran.[1] Herman Norman who was current British diplomat to Iran thought of the dethronement of Ahmad Shah Qajar by his brother as a tactical mistake which would divide Persia; "[I am prevented] from encouraging any movement which has for its object dethronement of His Majesty. It is also my duty to do my best to preserve the unity of Persia".[1]

Honours

Offspring

Government Positions Held
  • Governor-General of Azerbaijan (1918).
Mohammad Hassan Mirza
Born: 20 November 1899 Died: 7 January 1943
Iranian royalty
Preceded by
Ahmad Mirza		 Crown Prince of Persia
1909–1925		 Vacant
Pahlavi dynasty became ruling house
Title next held by
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Titles in pretence
Preceded by
Ahmad Shah Qajar		 — TITULAR —
Shah of Iran
Qajar Dynasty
1930–1943
Reason for succession failure:
Pahlavi dynasty became ruling house prior to the Iranian Revolution		 Succeeded by
Fereydoun Mirza Qajar
Non-profit organization positions
New title
Society founded
 Honorary Director of the Red Lion and Sun Society
1922–1925		 Vacant
Title next held by
Mostowfi ol-Mamalek

References
  1. Ghani, Cyrus (2000). Iran and the Rise of Reza Shah From Qajar Collapse to Pahlavi Power. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 1860646298.
  2. FO 371/6446, Cox to Norman, Foreign Office and the Government of India, 10 July 1921.


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