Eskandar Mirza (Qajar)

Prince Eskandar Mirza (1810–1856) (Persian: اسکندر میرزا‎‎) Prince of Persia's Qajar Dynasty, was the son of Abbas Mirza and grandson of Fat'h Ali Shah Qajar. He was governor of Khoy and Salmas 1832-1834 and governor of Qazvin 1848-1852. He died at the age of 46, 1856 in Tabriz. He is the ancestor of Eskandari-Qajar family.

Offspring

Mohammad Taher Mirza Eskandari, the famous translator of Alexandre Dumas into Persian, such as The Count of Monte Cristo, the The Three Musketeers, and Queen Margot

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