Mohammad Taqi Mirza
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| Mohammad Taqi Mirza محمدتقی میرزا | |
|---|---|
| Hessam os-Saltaneh (حسامالسلطنه) | |
 Portrait of Prince Mohammad Taqi Mirza Qajar "Hessam os-Saltaneh", 7th son of Fath Ali Shah. | |
| Born | 5 October 1791 Tehran |
| Died | 1853 (aged 61–62) |
| Dynasty | Qajar |
| Father | Fath Ali Shah Qajar |
| Mother | Zeynab Khanom |
Mohammad Taqi Mirza Hessam os-Saltaneh (Persian: محمدتقیمیرزا حسامالسلطنه; 5 October 1791 – 1853) was an Iranian prince of the Qajar dynasty, son of Fath-Ali Shah Qajar. He was Governor-General (beglerbegi) of Kermanshah and of Borujerd.
Mohammad Taqi Mirza (also written Mohammad Taghi Mirza) was born on 5 October 1791 in Tehran as Fath-Ali Shah's 7th son by the latter's temporary (sighe) wife Zeynab Khanom, daughter of Ali Mardan Khan Bakhtiari, supreme chief of the Chahar Lang division of the Bakhtiari tribe. Thus, he was one of the shah's twelve senior sons attending the official receptions at court depicted in several portraits. His only full sister was Princess Maryam Khanom (Fath-Ali Shah's 5th daughter).
In 1818, he commanded the attack on the Castle of Shirvan and his father, the shah, entitled him Hessam os-Saltaneh (lit. 'Saber of the Monarchy'). After his eldest brother Mohammad-Ali Mirza Dowlatshah, the governor-general of Kermanshah, died from cholera in 1823, Mohammad Taqi Mirza was made governor of that province in 1826–1829. In 1831–1834, he was made governor of Boroujerd. At his father's death in 1834, he was with some brothers imprisoned in the Ardabil citadel by the prime minister to avoid any attempts against the succession of the princes' nephew Mohammad Shah Qajar. He was released in 1848 by the next Qajar ruler Naser al-Din Shah. Mohammad Taqi Mirza was also a poet under the pen name "Shokat".[1][2][3]
