title: Mohammad Hassan Khan Iravani
text: # Mohammad Hassan Khan Iravani
  
  Mohammad Hassan Khan Sardar Iravani, originally Mohammad Hassan Khan Qajar-Ziyadlu 'Sardar-e Iravan', was a Qajar notable and political figure in 19th century Iran during the reign of Mohammad Shah Qajar and Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar.
  
  ## Life
  
  Born as the eldest son and heir of the formerly hereditary ruler of the khanate of Iravan, Mohammad Khan Qajar-Ziyadlu, from a cadet branch of the Qajar dynasty of Persia, Mohammad Hassan Khan moved from the Caucasus to Tehran, was married there to Princess Mahrokhsar Khanom "Fakhr od-Dowleh", daughter of the crown prince Abbas Mirza and sister of the future Mohammad Shah, and got important governmental posts.
  
  ## Offspring
  
  * Abdulah Khan Iravani
  * Yusef Khan Sartip
  * Abdol Hossein Khan "Fakhr ol-Molk"
  * Abol Fath Khan "Sarem od-Dowleh"
  * Badie ol-Jamal Khanom I, married her maternal cousin Anoushiravan Mirza, eldest son of Bahman Mirza.
  
  ## Sources
  
  * The Qajar dynasty pages: http://www.qajarpages.org/nassereddinchildren.html.
  * Bamdad, Mehdi (1999). Sharh-e hal-e Rejal-e Iran. Tehran: Zavvar.
  * Barjesteh van Waalwijk van Doorn (Khosrovani)/ Bahman Bayani, L.A. Ferydoun (2004). "The Fath Ali Shah Project", in: Qajar Studies. Journal of the International Qajar Studies Association, Volume IV. Rotterdam: Barjesteh van Waalwijk van Doorn.
  * https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2020/08/02/the-treasure-map-to-the-forgotten-epoch-of-the-iravan-khanate/
  