Kamran Mirza Nayeb es-Saltaneh

Kamran Mirza (; 22 July 1856 – 15 April 1929) was a Qajar prince and third surviving son of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar. He was a brother of Mass'oud Mirza Zell-e Soltan and Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar. Kamran Mirza also served as Iran's Commander-in-Chief, appointed in 1868 for the first time, and Minister of War from 1880 to 1896 and from 1906 to 1907.

He might have been Prime minister of Iran for a few days in April–May 1909, but this is not clearly referenced and even if he was the prime minister, he left the prime ministership before the formation of the government, and for that reason, he is not included in the list of Prime Ministers of Iran.

Biography Kamran Mirza Nayeb es-Saltaneh, born 22 July 1856 in Tehran, was a son of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar and a brother of Mass'oud Mirza Zell-e Soltan and Mozaffar al-Din Mirza. His mother, Monir al-Saltaneh, was the daughter of the architect to the crown. Due to Naser al-Din Shah's dislike of Mozaffar al-Din Mirza, he was the Shah's favoured son for succession, but on account of the non-Qajar origin of his mother, like his other brother Mass'oud Mirza Zell-e Soltan, Kamran Mirza was not eligible for succession to the throne.

He was educated by private tutors and at the Imperial Military College in Tehran. In 1862, when he was 6, Naser al-Din Shah appointed him as the governor of Tehran with the stewardship of Pasha Khan Amin ol-Molk. He was styled as Na'eb es-Saltaneh, Vice Regent, in 1867 before the Shah's trip to Khorasan and was given the title Amir Kabir, grand commander, the highest rank in the Qajar military, by his father in 1869. He was governor of Tehran 1862–1863 and 1875–1876, governor of Qazvin and Gilan 1878–1884, Mazandaran 1878–1884, and Minister for War from 1869 to 1873, 1884, 1896.

The star of Kamran Mirza's fortunes plummeted, but it was not entirely eclipsed, after Naser al-Din Shah's assassination in 1896. His daughter, Malekeh Jahan, married Mohammad Ali Mirza who was later crowned as Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar. During the Constitutional Revolution he established the pro-court society. He was minister of war in 1908. During the reign of his grandson, Ahmad Shah, he was Governor-General of Khorasan from 1916 to 1917.

Kamran Mirza Nayeb es-Saltaneh died in Tehran on 15 April 1929, and was buried in Qom. The Kamranieh district in Northern Tehran belonged to him. He received the Order of the Royal Portrait, Temsaal-e Homayouni, from his father.

Honours

Order of the Royal Portrait (Temsal-e Homayouni) of Iran 1st Class of the Order of Neshan-e Aqdas of Iran 1st Class of the Order of the Lion and the Sun of Iran Knight of the Order of St. Andrew of Russia Knight of the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky of Russia Knight of the Order of St. Stanislas of Russia Knight of the Order of the White Eagle of Russia 1st class of the Order of St. Anne of Russia Grand cross of the Order of Leopold of Austria -1880

Children

Nayeb es-Saltaneh was married to eleven wives. His first wife, Sorour ed-Dowleh was daughter of Morad Mirza Hessam es-Saltaneh Conqueror of Herat son of Abbas Mirza. They had four children, Princess Malekeh Jahan, wife of Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar and mother of Ahmad Shah Qajar; Ma’ssoumeh Khanom died in her youth, Qamar-ol-Moluk died when she was 14 and Fath Ali Mirza died aged five. Kamran Mirza also had 22 children from his other wives, 10 daughters and 12 sons.

sons Prince Fat'h Ali Mirza Prince Mohammad Mehdi Mirza Zell-os-Saltaneh Prince Abbas Mirza E'ezaz-es-Saltaneh Prince Abdollah Mirza E'etezad Khaqan Prince Hassan Ali Mirza Farrokh-od-Dowleh Prince Soltan Salim Mirza Salar-e Aghdas Prince Ebrahim Mirza Salar-e A'azam Prince Mohmmad Reza Mirza Firouz-od-Dowleh Prince Mohammad Baqer Mirza Amir Arf'a Prince Hossein Ali Mirza Eghtedar-os-Saltaneh, married Anvar od-Dowleh daughter of Mozaffar din-Shah Prince Mohammad Taqi Mirza Nosrat-ol-Soltan Prince Mahmud Mirza Amir Akram

daughters Princess Malekeh Jahan, mother of Ahmad Shah Princess Safieh Monir A'azam Princess Mahtaban Mo'azaz A'azam Princess Ensieh Houra Princess Farrokh A'azam Princess Banoo Olia Princess Nayyer A'azam Princess Fakhr-e Olia Princess Negar-ol-Molouk Princess Banoo Aghdas