Mohammad Shah Qajar
| Mohammad Shah Qajar محمد شاه قاجار |
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 Shahanshah of Persia |
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| Reign | 23 October 1834 – 5 September 1848 | ||||
| Predecessor | Fat′h-Ali Shah Qajar | ||||
| Successor | Naser al-Din Shah | ||||
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5 January 1808 Tabriz, Persia |
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| Died | 5 September 1848 (aged 40) Tehran, Persia |
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| Consort | Malek Jahan Khanom, Mahd-e Olia | ||||
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Naser al-Din Shah Abbas Mirza Molk Ara Mohammad Taqi Mirza Rokn ed-Dowleh Abdol-samad Mirza Ezz ed-Dowleh Saloor |
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| Dynasty | Qajar | ||||
| Father | Abbas Mirza | ||||
| Religion | Shia Islam | ||||
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Mohammad Shah Qajar (born Mohammad Mirza, Persian: محمد شاه قاجار) (5 January 1808 – 5 September 1848) was king of Persia from the Qajar dynasty (23 October 1834 – 5 September 1848).
Mohammad Shah was son of Abbas Mirza, the crown prince and governor of Azerbaijan, who in turn was the son of Fat′h Ali Shah Qajar, the second Shah of the dynasty. At first, Abbas Mirza was the chosen heir to the Shah. However, after he died, the Shah chose Mohammad to be his heir. After the Shah's death, Ali Mirza, one of his many sons, tried to take the throne in opposition to Mohammad. His rule lasted for about 40 days. Nonetheless, he was quickly deposed at the hands of Mirza Abolghasem Ghaem Magham Farahani, a politician, scientist, and poet.
Ali was forgiven by Mohammad, who had then become Shah. A supporter of Mohammad, Khosrow Khan Gorji, was awarded with the governorship of Isfahan, while Farahani was awarded the position of chancellorship of Persia by Shah at the time of his inauguration. He was later betrayed and executed by the order of the Shah in 1835, at the instigation of Hajj Mirza Aghasi, who would become the Ghaem Magham's successor and who greatly influenced Mohammad's policies. One of his wives, Malek Jahan Khanom, Mahd-e Olia, later became a large influence on his successor, who was their son.
He also tried to capture Herat twice. To try to defeat the British, he sent an officer to the court of Louis-Philippe of France. In 1839, two French military instructors arrived at Tabriz to aid him. However, both attempts to capture the city were unsuccessful (Siege of Herat (1838) and Anglo-Persian War).
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