Events > Paris Events > THE SIXTH INTERNATIONAL KADJAR FAMILY GATHERING BY MAJID MALEKI
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This weekend family reunion took place in Paris in June of 2006. Some photos are provided of this evening.
The event consisted of:
Evening Gala Dinner Une Soirée Kadjar - A Kadjar Evening An Evening for Members of the Kadjar Family and Invited Guests Events: Lecture and Auction of Qajar era items
Grand Master of Ceremony: H.I.H. Soltan Ali Mirza Kadjar, President, KFA Dinner By Reservation, for Kadjar Family Members and Invited Guests Only.
History of the Kadjar Family Association
About sixty years ago, under the presidency of Prince Nosrat-Saltaneh, uncle of Soltan Ahmad Shah, and Prince Yamin-ed-Dowleh, son of Nasser-ed-Din Shah Qajar, an association was formed in Tehran under the name 'Kaanoun-e Khaanevaadegi-e Ghaadjaar.' Its first meeting place was on Shah Reza avenue in Tehran. It was dissolved two years after its founding for political and other reasons, only to be reopened later and reinvigorated by the support of many of the members of the larger Qajar family. The new presidency of the association was, at that time, in the presence of over an hundred representatives of the major princely families, formally transfered by Prince Yamin-ed-Dowleh to Prince Abolfazl Azod 'Azod-al-Soltan,' son of Mozaffar-ed-Din Shah.
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Four years later, in 1950 (1330 solar), the first plenary assembly was called and a board of directors was chosen at that occasion. The association continued to be active for many years after that, reputedly also under the direction of Mass'oud Mirza Salour, but then ceased to function in Iran, again for political and other reasons.
In the 1990s several members of the larger Qajar family got together and decided to revive the 'Kanoun.' In 1999-2000, the founding members of this association, the Kadjar Family Association (KFA) met and decided to pursue the matter in earnest. Under the honorary presidency of Prince Soltan Ali Mirza Kadjar, grand-son of Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar and Head of the Imperial Kadjar House, this reconstituted association came to life. It held its first formal meeting in 2001 in Leiden, Holland, with about fifty members of the larger Qajar family present, presided over by its honorary president Soltan Ali Mirza Kadjar.
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This information is courtesy of the Kajar Family website
Kadjar Family
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