Khosrow Mirza

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rdf:langString Khosrow Mirza

rdf:langString Khosrow Mirza

rdf:langString Alexandra Smirnova

rdf:langString Dorothea de Ficquelmont

rdf:langString George Bournoutian, historian

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rdf:langString Prince of Qajar dynasty

rdf:langString He has the most charming face, like a character from an Arab fairy tale or poem, he is small, but rather flexible, with graceful movements. A very beautiful head, velvet eyes, soft, melancholic eyes, charming smile, graceful and soulful physiognomy. He has a small black cap on his head, and he wears shalwar. His retinue is quite numerous. Among them there are beautiful faces, serious, reasonable, but all have a little wild eyes. For two days, as ambassador extraordinary, he received everyone who has the right to do so. He was the first to send his business cards to ambassadors. On Yelagin Island we saw him prancing on a horse, and this suits him very much. In the theater, where a concert was given in his honor, he listened to music with interest and pleasure.

rdf:langString In the summer, Khosrow Mirza came from Persia and brought a bunch of shawls; with him there was a large entourage; he was short and a handsome little man; i found a interest between him and the Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna; who was wearing a fancy Persian-dress that he brought from Persia.

rdf:langString though Yusupov believed that Khosrow Mirza's using of knives and forks in Wrong way is disrespected to him, he saw Khosrow Mirza as a noble, knowledgeable person that between all Iranian Princes, is the only one who can have a meeting with Tsar.

rdf:langString Prince Khosrow Mirza Qajar (Persian: شاهزاده خسرو میرزا قاجار; 1813 – 21 October 1875) was the seventh son of Abbas Mirza and grandson of Fath-Ali Shah, King of Iran. Khosrow Mirza is best known for his "Apology Mission" to the Russian Empire after the murder of Alexander Griboyedov by peasants and for the gifting of Shah diamonds to Nicholas I. His travelogue details his travels and experiences in Russia. After his return to Iran, he was appointed as an advisor of his father Abbas Mirza, and as a financial advisor for Iran's Khorasan province. After the death of his father, Fath-Ali Shah appointed Khosrow Mirza's elder brother Mohammad Mirza as Crown prince. After the Shah's death, although Khosrow was on good terms with him, he and his brother Djahangir Mirza were imprisoned in a castle in Ardabil on Mohammad Mirza's orders. In the first days of Mohammad Shah's reign, he blinded both of his brothers to prevent them from becoming pretenders to the throne. After Qa'em-Maqam was killed, Khosrow Mirza found a chance to escape from prison and was appointed as the royal financial administrator and later fought in Mohammad Shah's expedition of Herat. He spent the last years of his life in Hamadan and died on 21 October 1875.