| Mohammad-Ali Mirza Dowlatshah دولتشاه | |
|---|---|
 Portrait medaillion depicting Dowlatshah. Signed Gholam Khanzadeh ‘Ali, dated c. 1830 | |
| Governor of Fars | |
| Reign | 1797 - 1799 |
| Predecessor | Hossein Qoli Khan Qajar |
| Successor | Hossein Ali Mirza |
| Governor of Gilan and Qazvin | |
| Reign | 1799 - 1804 |
| Predecessor | Morteza Qoli Khan Qajar |
| Successor | Mirza Musa Khan Monajjembashi |
| Governor of Khuzestan and Lorestan | |
| Reign | 1804 – 1807 |
| Governor of Kermanshah | |
| Reign | 1807 - 1821 |
| Predecessor | Fath-Ali Khan Qajar |
| Successor | Mohammad-Hossein Mirza |
| Born | Mohammad Ali Mirza (محمدعلی میرزا) 5 January 1789 Nava, Mazandaran |
| Died | 22 November 1821 (aged 32) Taq-e Qarra, Kermanshah province |
| House | Qajar |
| Father | Fath-Ali Shah Qajar |
| Mother | Ziba Chehr Khanoum |
| Religion | Shia Islam |
Mohammad-Ali Mirza Dowlatshah (Persian: محمدعلیمیرزا دولتشاه; 5 January 1789, in Nava – 22 November 1821, in Taq-e Gara[1][2][3]) was a famous Iranian Prince of the Qajar dynasty. He is also the progenitor of the Dowlatshahi family of Persia. He was born at Nava, in Mazandaran, a Caspian province in the north of Iran. He was the first son of Fath-Ali Shah, the second Qajar king of Persia, and Ziba-Chehr Khanum, a Georgian girl of the Tsikarashvili (also spelled Tzicara Chwili) family.[2] He was also the elder brother (by seven months[2]) 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 archrival, 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 Malayer.
Dowlatshah had 10 sons. His descendants live in various countries around the world and carry the surname: in Persian: دولتشاهی, romanized: Doulatšâhi, which is rendered as Dowlatshahi in English, Doulatchahi in French and Doulatszahi in Polish, etc.
- ^ Ardashir Keshavarz (2016). زندگی و زمانه شاهزاده محمد علی میرزای دولتشاه [The Life and Times of Prince Mohammad Ali Mirza Dowlatshah] (in Persian). Tehran: Ardashir Keshavarz. p. 432. ISBN 9786000446567.
- ^ a b c Amanat 1994, pp. 147–149.
- ^ In view of the two above trustworthy sources, the location of Al-Mada'in, Ottoman Iraq[citation needed] is not correct.