Dowlatshah
Mohammad Ali Mirza Dowlatshah (4 January 1789, Larijan, Amol, Mazandaran – 22 November 1821, Al-Mada'in, Iraq) was a famous Persian Prince of the Qajar Dynasty. He is also the progenitor of Dowlatshahi Family of Persia. He was born in Mazandaran, a Caspian province in the north of Iran. He was the first son of the Fat′h Ali Shah, the second Qajar king of Persia, and Ziba Chehr Khanoum, a Georgian noblewoman and subject. He was also the elder brother of Abbas Mirza. Dowlatshah was the governor of Fars at age 9, Qazvin and Gilan at age 11, Khuzestan and Lorestan at age 16, and Kermanshah at age 19.In the battles with Russia and Persia's arch rival, the Ottoman Empire, he defeated the Ottomans in Baghdad and Basra, and crushed the Russians in Yerevan and Tbilisi. Dowlatshah developed and improved the city of Kermanshah and established the city of Dowlat-Abad which was renamed to Malayer.Dowlatshah had 10 sons. His descendents live in different countries in the world and carry the last names دولتشاهی (Persian spelling), Dowlatshahi (English spelling), Dolatshahi (Latin spelling) and Doulatshahi (French spelling).
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| Birth date | January 01, 1789 |
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| Date of death | November 22, 1821 |
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