Fereydoun Mirza Qajar
Shahzada Freydoun Mirza Qajar (Persian: فریدون میرزا قاجار; 22 January 1922 – 24 September 1975) was a member of the Qajar dynasty.
Fereydoun Mirza Qajar | |
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Head of the Qajar dynasty | |
Reign | 1943–1975 |
Predecessor | Prince Mohammad Hassan Mirza |
Successor | Prince Hamid Mirza |
Born | Golestan Palace, Tehran, Persia | 22 January 1922
Died | 24 September 1975 53) Geneva, Switzerland | (aged
Spouse | Magdalina Ivanova Gevrenova |
Issue | Prince Teymour Mirza Princess Cheyda Khanum Princess Eylah Khanum |
Dynasty | Qajar |
Father | Ahmad Shah Qajar |
Mother | Fatemeh Khanum |
Biography
Freydoun Qajar was born at the Golestan Palace, Tehran, on 22 January 1922. He was educated from the University of Geneva in Switzerland. In his last will, written in his own hand in French, Ahmad Shah Qajar willed Freydoun Mirza be his heir and crown prince. The point, however, was not pressed by Fereydoun Mirza's trustees, for personal and familial reasons. Mohammad Hassan Mirza retained the title of crown prince and declared himself shah in exile in 1930. Freydoun was the Head of the Imperial House of Qajar after the death of his father on 27 February 1930. Freydoun died at Geneva, having had three children, one son Teymour and two daughters Cheyda and Eylah (not in the line of succession).
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Fereydoun Mirza Qajar Born: 22 January 1922 Died: 24 September 1975 | ||
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Preceded by Ahmad Shah Qajar |
Head of the Imperial House of Qajar 1930–1975 |
Succeeded by Hamid Mirza |
Titles in pretence | ||
Preceded by Mohammad Hassan Mirza |
— TITULAR — Shah of Iran Qajar Dynasty 1943–1975 Reason for succession failure: Pahlavi dynasty became ruling house prior to the Iranian Revolution |
Succeeded by Hamid Mirza |