Zahír al-Sultán

Role(s):

• Former owner

Notes:

• though of the blood royal, was an enthusiastic supporter of the Constitution. After the coup d'état of June 23, 1908, he was one of those imprisoned by Muḥammad Ali Sháh in the Bágh-i-Sháh ("King's Garden"), and it was said that his cousin the Sháh only refrained from killing him because his mother (the Sháh's aunt) threatened to kill herself if he persisted in this intention. It was during his subsequent exile that he visited Cambridge on November 20, 1908. See my Persian Revolution, pp. 204, 208 and note, and 209. His father Zahiru'd-Dawla, whose proper name was 'Ali Khán Qájár, was Master of the Ceremonies (Wazir-i-Tashrifát) under Náşiru'd-Din Sháh, with whom he was a great favourite, and who gave him his daughter Furúghu'd-Dawla (the lady above mentioned) in marriage. He was a notable Murshid, or spiritual guide, and the Head of an Order of Dervishes

Manuscripts:

• V. 7 (University Library, Cambridge University) — Former owner

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