Bahram Mirza

Bahram Mirza Moezz-od-Dowleh was a Qajar prince, statesman and governor in 19th-century Iran. The second son of the crown prince Abbas Mirza, he served as the Minister of Justice from 1878 until his death on 21 October 1882. Bahram Mirza first started working for the government in 1828, where he briefly governed Khoy. After the death of his grandfather and sovereign Fath-Ali Shah Qajar on 24 October 1834, a dynastic struggle for the throne erupted. Bahram Mirza helped his elder brother Mohammad Shah Qajar defeat some of the rebel princes, and was made the governor of Kermanshah, Khuzestan and Lorestan, the latter which he assigned to his brother Farhad Mirza. With the assistance of British military advisor Henry Rawlinson, Bahram Mirza led an expedition to confront the disobedient Bakhtiari Chahar Lang tribe, which ended in a truce. Bahram Mirza's tenure ended soon afterwards due to grievances from its residents, and he subsequently held other posts, including governor of Azerbaijan (1858–1860) and chief of the military council (1865–1868). His final post was as the Minister of Justice from 1878 to 1882. Biography