Hossein Ali Mirza Farmanfarma

Since 1810, he was appointed Governor of Fars Province and held this position for almost thirty-five years, having proved himself to be a worthy and respected ruler during this time.

Initially, he was considered the heir to the throne, Abbas-Mirza , who, during his reign, included in one of the treaties concluded with the Russian Empire a clause on the transfer of the inheritance of the crown through the male line of the clan. Due to the fact that one year before Feth Ali-Shah’s death in October 1834, he died, the latter appointed heir to the youngest seventeen-year-old son of Abbas Mirza, Mohammed Mirza , in pursuance of this clause. He was sent to Azerbaijan to govern this province. At the time of Feth Ali Shah's death, his eldest son was Hossein Ali Mirza Farmanpharm. In the province of Fars, he was honored and respected because, on his instructions, the tomb of Ahmad Ibn Musa, the son of the seventh Imam , known as Shah-Cherah, was restored and rebuilt. Thus, he managed to win love and respect among the population of Fars, after which he declared his rights to the shah's throne. Mohammed Mirza, crowned immediately after the death of Feth Ali Shah under the name of Mohammed Shah in Tabriz . ^[1] , sent Firuz Mirza with an army against his uncle. In this confrontation, Hossein Ali Mirza Farmanpharma's supporters were defeated, and he himself was sent to prison in Borj Nush. These events served as the basis for the establishment of the further rule of Mohammed Shah. Due to the difficult conditions of imprisonment, Hossein Ali Mirza Farmanpharma fell ill with cholera and died in Tehran in 1846.

Hossein Ali Mirza Farmanfarm was a specialist in the field of calligraphy , therefore he received the nickname “Calligrapher”. Of his surviving works, the most famous is a memorial plaque called “Feth Ali-Shah”.

Modern carriers of the name Farmanfarma are his direct heirs.

He had twenty-five children, including nineteen sons ^[2] :

1. Reza Kolya Mirza (1816-?);
2. Imam Koli Mirza (1817-1864);
3. Najaf Koli Mirza Vali (1818--?); the most famous grandson, known as Shahzadeh Mohammad Mirza Hazayi;
4. Nasrullah Mirza - ruler of Shulestan (Mamasani);
5. Timur Mirza Khesam-od-Doule - the husband of the daughter of Hassan Ali Mirza Shoja-as-Saltan;
6. Shahroh Mirza is the ruler of Kashan and the husband of the daughter of Zahir-od-Doule;
7. Jahangir Mirza - ruler of Darab;
8. Akbar Mirza - died at a young age;
9. Kaihosrou Mirza Sepahsalar (... -1864) - the husband of the daughter of Hassan Ali Mirza Shoja-as-Saltan;
10. Eskandar Mirza;
11. Nader Mirza (1827-?);
12. Mohammad Kazem Mirza;
13. Mohammad Mirza;
14. Kamran Mirza;
15. Soltan Ebrahim Mirza;
16. Darab Mirza;
17. Manuchehr Mirza;
18. Iraj Mirza;
19. Tahmaseb Mirza.

Six daughters:

1. Daughter, wife of Said ibn Sultan ibn Ahmad, ruler and imam Masgat , ruler of Zangbar ^[3] ;
2. Daughter, wife of Mohammad-Ali Hana Gashgayi ^[4] ;
3. Daughter, wife of Mirza Abolhasan Fasai ^[5] ;
4. Daughter, Nuri's wife Shokrollah-Khan ^[6] ;
5. Daughter, wife of Abolhasan-Khan Mashir al-Molka ^[7] ;
6. Fateme Khanum, at the beginning of the wife of Bahram Mirza Moes od-Doule and then the wife of Shir Ali-Khan Donbali from the grandsons of Ahmed-Khan Dunbali ^[8] .