Life and Actions of Hassan Ali Mirza Shojaa ul-Saltanah Qajar

Kameli Yamchi, Tohid (2017) Life and Actions of Hassan Ali Mirza Shojaa ul-Saltanah Qajar. Masters thesis, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili.

Preview

Text (زندگی و زمانه حسنعلی میرزا شجاع السلطنه قاجار) Tohid Kameli Yamchi.pdf Download (402kB) | Preview

Abstract

Hassan Ali Mirza Shojaa ul-Saltanah was the sixth sibling of Fath Ali Shah Qajar and one of the first princes of the Qajar era who was once assigned as the ruler of Tehran, Khorasan and Kerman. During this period when most of the Qajar princes claimed succession, he was a claimant as well. Although he himself did not claim a reign, but by supporting his brother, Hossein Ali Mirza, challenged Mohammad Shah’s reign after the death of Fath Ali Shah Qajar. In the Qajar era, especially during the reign of Fath Ali Shah, one of the main problems and challenges of the state was the issue of succession. The beginning of the crisis was after the death of Aqa Mohammad Khan Qajar, so that at least eight people came to the forefront of Fath Ali Shah. Fath Ali Shah, according to the will and order of Aqa Mohammad Khan, chose Abbas Mirza as his successor. Some of the Shah's sons, who were senior compared to Abbas Mirza, objected to this choice, and other princes, including Hasan Ali Mirza, were not willing to accept the succession of Abbas Mirza. The rivalry and oppression of the princes in this period was one of the reasons of the defeat of Abbas Mirza in the Russo-Iranian wars. With the early death of Abbas Mirza, Fath Ali Shah, despite his many sons, announced that Mohammed Mirza, the eldest son of Abbas Mirza, was his successor. This choice was somehow due to the support of the tsarist government in the matter of the succession of Abbas Mirza and his family in treaties of Golestan and Torkmanchay. With the death of Fath Ali Shah, Ali Mirza Zill ul-Sultan claimed the thrown and crown in Tehran, and Hossein Ali Mirza rebelled against Mohammad Shah in support of his brother, Hassan Ali Mirza, against Mohammad Shah. With the rebellion of those princes, crises swept across the country, and Iran advanced to the brink of a civil war, but with the intervention of the British and Russian governments, Mohammad Shah was able to reinforce his reign. Mohammad Shah, after taking power, could arrest and suppress Hossein Ali Mirza and Hassan Alimizarza. Thus, for the first time in the history of Iran, the destiny of the Shah of Iran was determined by foreign countries, and with the interference of the Russians and the British in this matter, Iran became a kind of tribute to these countries and the court of Iran was under the influence of Russia and Britain. In the present research, the aim is to identify to some extent the personality of Hassan Ali Mirza, but the resource constraints on Hassan Ali Mirza's personality faced this research with difficulties. The available sources refer to the political actions of Hassan Ali Mirza and did not address other civil and social measures of this person during reigning Tehran, Kerman and Khorasan regions. In addition, many sources presented a dual personality of Hassan Ali Mirza so that the researcher has difficulties in determining Hasan Ali Mirza’ personality. In the present study, the appointments of princes including Hassan Ali Mirza to the government of provinces and states and his actions in those states, as well as his sons and brothers and his role in the upheavals during Fath Ali Shah’s era are mentioned.

Actions (login required)

View Item