Bahman Mirza Qajar, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Qajar prince
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Place of Birth: Tabriz, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
About Bahman Mirza Qajar
- Bahman Mirza (11 October 1810 – 11 February 1884) was a Persian prince of the Qajar Dynasty, son of Abbas Mirza and grandson of Fath Ali Shah.
- He was Vicergerent (vali) of Azerbaijan and Governor-General of Tabriz.
- He later migrated to neighboring Imperial Russia, where he was received with great honor and lived a prestigious life in Shusha.
- Many of his offspring either returned to Iran where they had political or military careers, or served in the Russian military, and later played an important role in the military of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.
- Beside political figures, he is also the great grandfather of Afrasiyab Badalbeyli, Azerbaijani composer and author of the first Azeri balet and the first ballet in the Muslim East.Bahman Mirza is the ancestor of the Bahmani family with the branches of the Russian Princes Persidskii, and the Bahmanov and Kadjar lines of Azerbaijan as well as of the Iranian families Bahmani-Qajar and Bahman.
- Thus, Bahman Mirza was also the (great-)grandfather of Ambassador Ali Akbar Bahman.
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