Mohammad Shah Qajar was the third Qajar shah of Iran from 1834 to 1848, inheriting the throne from his grandfather, Fath-Ali Shah. From a young age, Mohammad Mirza was under the tutelage of Haji Mirza
Mohammad Shah by Sani al-Mulk c. 1840
Fath-Ali Shah (right) attended by a prince (almost certainly Mohammad Mirza), attributed to Mihr 'Ali, circa 1820.
June–July 1827 letter from Prince Mohammad Mirza in Persian to his uncle Allahyar Khan (Asef ol-Dowleh), reporting on all the events in the north-west regions around Karabakh and asking for additional troops to protect the border from the Russians
A pictorial scroll depicting the coronation procession of Mohammad Shah Qajar, dated 1835
Abbas Mirza was the Qajar crown prince of Iran during the reign of his father Fath-Ali Shah Qajar. As governor of the vulnerable Azerbaijan province, he played a crucial part in the two wars against t
Mohammad Shah Qajar
…of Haji Mirza Aqasi, a local dervish from Tabriz whose teachings influenced the young prince to become a Sufi-king later in his life. After his father Abbas Mirza died in 1833, Mohammad Mirza became the crown prince of Iran and was assigned with the governorship of Azarbaijan. After the death of Fath-Ali Shah in…
Portrait of Abbas Mirza, 1833
Portrait of Abbas Mirza, attributable to Mihr 'Ali, dated c. 1800
An official copy of the Treaty of Erzurum. Persian manuscript, created in Qajar Iran, 19th century
Abbas Mirza with Ivan Paskevich at the signing of the Treaty of Turkmenchay, 1828