Background
Mohammad Taqi Mirza also written Mohammad Taghi Mirza was born 5 October 1791 at Tehran as Fath Ali Shah"s 7th son by the latter"s temporary (sighe) wife Zeynab Khanom, daughter of Ali Mardan Khan Bakhtiari, supreme chief of the Chahar Language division of the Bakhtiari tribe.
Career
He was Governor-General (beglerbegi) of Kermanshah and of Boroujerd. Thus, he was one of the shah"s twelve senior sons attending the official receptions at court depicted in several portraits. His only full sister was Princess Maryam Khanom (Fath Ali Shah"s 5th daughter).
1831-1834 he was made governor of Boroujerd.
He was released in 1848 by the next Qajar ruler Nasir al-Din Shah. Mohammad Taqi Mirza was also a poet under the pen name "Shokat".
Marriages Offspring = Sons Abolfath Mirza Shoja ol-Molk Mirza Aurangzeb Mirza "Zibul "Ulama" Abusaid Mirza Tahmoures Mirza Mohammad Safi Mirza Alamgir Mirza Jalal od-Din Mirza Sanjar Mirza Darab Mirza Amir Sheikh Mirza Eshaq Mirza Kamran Mirza Abolhassan Mirza( Sheikh Reis Qajar) Habib Allah Mirza ( ? - oct 1908, assassinated in Sari by Khalatbari rebels) Amir Hossein Mirza Haidar Mirza Ali Morad Mirza = Daughters.