Abdollah Mirza Qajar

Abdollah Mirza Qajar (; 25 November 1796 – 18 June 1846) was an Iranian prince (shahzadeh) of the Qajar dynasty, the 11th son of Fath-Ali Shah, king of Qajar Iran from 1797 to 1834. Abdollah was the governor of Zanjan. He had two children, Mohsen Mirza and Shams al-Molok, with his wife. Other than that, he had 19 sons and 9 daughters from his concubines. Abdollah Mirza distinguished himself early on in the Russo-Iranian War of 1826. Though his administration was accompanied by growth and development, he was twice ousted from the government due to complaints. The second time, Fath-Ali Shah handed over the rule of Zanjan to his other son, Fathollah Mirza. Following the death of Fath-Ali Shah, Abdollah tried to reclaim his rule by mobilizing and attacking Zanjan but failed. When during the early reign of Mohammad Shah (1834-1848) the eldest sons of Fath-Ali Shah rebelled against him, Abdollah Mirza, unlike his other brothers, went on to confirm his rule. He spent the last years of his life in the capital Tehran away from government jobs and spent time with scholars and writers, writing literary works and poetry. He wrote poetry under the pseudonym "Dara" and in addition to two books, wrote a divan of over fifty thousand verses. Early life Abdollah Mirza was born on 25 November 1796 in Shiraz as the eleventh son of Baba Khan (later known as Fath-Ali Shah Qajar; 1797-1834) and a sayyida mother named Kulthum Khanum, a Mazandarani lady from a local landholder family. After the death of Fath-Ali Shah, she was one of few of his wives that were allowed to visit his successor and grandson, Mohammad Shah Qajar (1834-1848). At Abdollah Mirza's birth, Agha Mohammad Khan was the ruling monarch. In 1797, when Abdollah Mirza was one year old, his father Baba Khan was crowned as Shah of Iran with the regnal name of Fath-Ali Shah after his predecessor's assassination.