Firuz Mirza

Firuz Mirza Nosrat ad-Dowleh Farmanfarma (1817 – 4 April 1886) was a Qajar prince, military commander and administrator in 19th-century Iran. He was the sixteenth son of Abbas Mirza.

During the rule of his brother Mohammad Shah Qajar ((r. 1834 – 1848)), Firuz Mirza had a prosperous political and military career. This continued under his nephew Naser al-Din Shah Qajar ((r. 1848 – 1896)), who appointed him to multiple governorships and other leading positions. He was also a scholar and an expert with the kamancheh, a bowed string instrument.

The current Firuz and Farmanfarmaian families are descended from the offspring of Firuz Mirza and his wife Homa Khanom, the granddaughter of Fath-Ali Shah Qajar ((r. 1797 – 1834)). One of them were their son Abdol-Hossein Farman Farma.