ʿAḍud al-Dawla, Sulṭān Aḥmad Mīrzā - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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Sulṭān Aḥmad Mīrzā ʿAḍud (ʿAzud) al-Dawla (1239-1319/1824-1901 or 1902) was the forty-ninth son of the Qājār ruler Fatḥ ʿAlī Shāh (r. 1212-50/1797-1834), by his favorite wife Tāvus Khānum (Tāj al-Dawla). During his long life as a Qājār prince, he governed several parts of Persia (Burūjird, Malāyir, Tusirkān, Qazvīn, and Hamadān) and for about two years (from 1884 to 1886) was the deputy superintendent of the shrine of Imām Riḍā (d. 203/818), in Mashhad. However, he is known mainly for a