Zell os-Soltan

Soltan Massoud Mirza ( listen ^?^/^I titled as Zell os-Soltan (The Shadow of the King) Persian [ zɛllos soltɑn ] ظل السلطان; * January 5, 1850 in Tabriz ; † July 2, 1918 in Isfahan ) was a Qajar prince, also known as Yamin od-Dole (The Right Hand of the State). He was the eldest son of Nāser ad-Din Shah and Effat od-Dole and the brother of Kamran Mirzas and Mozaffar ed-Din Mirzas , later Mozaffar ad-Din Shahs . Although he was the eldest son of Naser ad-Din Shah, he could not take the throne because his mother did not come from the Qajar family. Sell os-Soltan was governor of Isfahan from 1872 to 1907 and governor of Shiraz from 1907 to 1908.

He mastered French and Arabic as foreign languages. He had a large library in which he collected manuscripts . He had 14 sons and 11 daughters. He wrote a book called Tarich-o-Sargosasht-e-Massoudi .

He died in Isfahan in 1918 and was buried in Mashhad .

Individual evidence

↑ Shahla Soltani: Âqâ ĵân šâzde ( Persian ). Farzan Rouz, 2006, p. 183.

personal data
SURNAME	Zell os-Soltan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Soltan Massoud Mirza
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Iranian governor
DATE OF BIRTH	January 5, 1850
PLACE OF BIRTH	Tabriz
DATE OF DEATH	July 2, 1918
Place of death	Isfahan

[1] Shahla Soltani: Âqâ ĵân šâzde ( Persian ). Farzan Rouz, 2006, p. 183.