Firuz Mirza
{{Short description|Qajar prince}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name = Firuz Mirza
| title = Farmanfarma
| image = Photograph of Firuz Mirza, son of Abbas Mirza.jpg
| caption = Photograph of Firuz Mirza
| full name =
| birth_date = 1817
| birth_place =
| death_date = 4 April 1886
| death_place =
| dynasty = Qajar
| father = Abbas Mirza
| spouse = Homa Khanom
| issue = Abdol-Hossein Farman Farma
| religion = Twelver Shia Islam
}}
Firuz Mirza Nosrat ad-Dowleh Farmanfarma ({{langx|fa|فیروز میرزا نصرت الدوله فرمانفرما}}; 1817 – 4 April 1886) was a Qajar prince, military commander and administrator in 19th-century Iran. He was the sixteenth son of Abbas Mirza.{{sfn|Mahdavi|1999}}
During the rule of his brother Mohammad Shah Qajar ({{reign|1834|1848}}), Firuz Mirza had a prosperous political and military career. This continued under his nephew Naser al-Din Shah Qajar ({{reign|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.{{sfn|Mahdavi|1999}}
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 ({{reign|1797|1834}}).{{sfn|Mahdavi|1999}} One of them were their son Abdol-Hossein Farman Farma.{{sfn|Mir|1999}} Firuz Mirza's daughter Najm al-Saltaneh was the mother of Iranian politician Mohammad Mosaddegh.
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Sources
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- {{Encyclopædia Iranica Online|doi=10.1163/2330-4804_EIRO_COM_9589|title=Farmānfarmā, Fīrūz Mīrzā|first=Shireen|last=Mahdavi|year=1999}}
- {{Encyclopædia Iranica Online|url=https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/farmanfarma-abd-al-hosayn-mirza|title=Farmānfarmā, ʿAbd-al-Ḥosayn Mīrzā|first=Cyrus|last=Mir|year=1999}}
{{Qajar princes}}
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Category:Children of Abbas Mirza
Category:19th-century Iranian politicians
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