Bahmani family

[1] During the last quarter of the 19th century, the family was divided into a Russian branch, serving the Tsar, and recognised in 1886 with the titles of Prince Persidskii and Princess Persidskaya styled "His Serene Highness" in the Russian Empire by the Tsar, as well as into a Persian branch in Tehran at the Shah's court, holding the traditional Persian title of shahzadeh ("prince").

[3] Many of Bahman Mirza's male offspring were high-ranking officers in the Imperial Russian Army and stayed in the Tsar's service until the October Revolution at Tiflis, Shusha, Ganja and Baku.

Thus, Bahman Mirza wanted to execute the office of acting vicegerent of Azerbaijan, viceroy for his brother and regent for his infant nephew.

In 1872 one of Bahman Mirza's sons arranged with his cousin Nasser al-Din Shah and the family was rehabilitated in Iran and invited to return to Tehran.

And many of Bahman Mirza's male offspring were high-ranking officers in the Imperial Russian Army and stayed in the Tsar's service until the October Revolution at Tiflis, Shusha, Ganja and Baku.

[7] The family coat of arms based on the old Persian Lion and Sun emblem, the royal symbol since the Seljuq time in the 13th century.

In 1785 Agha Mohammad Khan adopted the emblem and under Fath Ali Shah in 1803 it became symbol of the land as well as of royal house, with a crouching lion.

He was the 4th son of Crown Prince Abbas Mirza "Nayeb os-Saltaneh" by Princess Naba'at (Jahan) Khanom Davalu, and younger full brother to Mohammad Shah Qajar.

Prince Anoushiravan Mirza "Zia' od-Dowleh", governor of Tabriz with his guardsmen, 1881.
Bahman Mirza's senior sons at Shusha, Karabakh in 1869.