Ali Mirza Qajar

Who was Ali Mirza Qajar?

Prince Soltan Ali Mirza Kadjar was an Iranian Prince of Qajar Dynasty and the son of Soltan Majid Mirza Qajar and Homadokht Kian and the grandson of Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar. He was the Head of the Qajar Imperial Family. Despite Soltan Ali Mirza Qajar being Head of the Qajar Imperial Family, the Qajar claimant to the Sun Throne was the Heir Presumptive Mohammad Hassan Mirza II, son of Soltan Hamid Mirza and grandson of Soltan Ahmad Shah's brother and successor in exile, Mohammad Hassan Mirza Qajar.

Kaanoun-e Khanevadegi-e Ghajar was founded in Tehran under the presidency of Nosrat-os-Saltaneh son of Mozaffar al-Din Shah and Yamin-ed-Dowleh son of Naser al-Din Shah. It was dissolved two years after its founding. In 1999 under the presidency of Prince Soltan Ali Mirza this reconstituted association was brought to life by Prof. M.M. Eskandari-Qajar and L.A.F. Barjesteh van Waalwijk van Doorn, who, together with Prof. M. Tehranian, also founded the International Qajar Studies Association, of which Soltan Ali Mirza Qajar was the honorary president.