Ali Mirza Qajar
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Prince Soltan Ali Mirza Kadjar (Qajar) (November 16, 1929 - May 27, 2011) was an Iran
Iran
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ian Prince
Prince
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 of Qajar Dynasty
Qajar dynasty
The Qajar dynasty was an Iranian royal family of Turkic descent who ruled Persia from 1785 to 1925....

 and the son of Soltan Majid Mirza Qajar (1907-1975) and Homadokht Kian (Shayesteh Khanoum) (1912-1992) and the grandson of Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar
Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar
Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar was the Shah of Persia from 8 January 1907 to 16 July 1909.-Biography:He was against the constitution that was ratified during the reign of his father, Mozzafar-al-Din Shah...

. He was the Head of the Qajar Imperial Family. Despite Soltan Ali Mirza Qajar being Head of the Qajar Imperial Family, the Qajar claimant to the Peacock Throne
Peacock Throne
The Peacock Throne, called Takht-e Tâvus in Persian, is the name originally given to a Mughal throne of India, which was later adopted and used to describe the thrones of the Persian emperors from Nader Shah Afshari and erroneously to Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi whose throne was a reconstruction of...

 was the Heir Presumptive Mohammad Hassan Mirza II
Mohammad Hassan Mirza II
Prince Mohammad Hasan Mirza II Qajar is the son of Hamid Mirza and a grandson of Mohammad Hassan Mirza the last Crown Prince of Iran from the rule of the Qajar dynasty. As heir apparent, he is considered the Qajar pretender to the Peacock Throne. He currently lives in Dallas, Texas, in the United...

, son of Soltan Hamid Mirza and grandson of Soltan Ahmad Shah's brother and successor in exile, Mohammad Hassan Mirza Qajar.

Kaanoun-e Khanevadegi-e Ghajar (after 1999 Kadjar Family Association also named Qajar Family Association: KFA/QFA) was founded in Tehran under the presidency of Nosrat-os-Saltaneh son of Mozaffar al-Din Shah and Yamin-ed-Dowleh son of Naser al-Din Shah. It was dissolved two years after its founding. In 1999 under the presidency of Prince Soltan Ali Mirza this reconstituted association was brought to life by Prof. M.M. Eskandari-Qajar (Santa Barbara City College) and L.A.F. Barjesteh van Waalwijk van Doorn (private), who, together with Prof. M. Tehranian (then University of Hawaii), also founded the International Qajar Studies Association, of which Soltan Ali Mirza Qajar was the honorary president.

Soltan Ali Mirza was a Barrister at Law from France and resided in Paris
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, France
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. He is the author of Les Rois oublies.

Soltan Ali Mirza Qajar died on 27 May 2011 in Paris. Shortly before his death he donated his collection of Qajar manuscripts and photographs to the Qajar Studies and Documentation Centre, housed at the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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