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| image              = The Qajar prince Khanlar Mirza, son of Abbas Mirza.jpg
| caption            = Illustration of Khanlar Mirza, from the Nezamiyeh Hall in the [[Golestan Palace]], [[Tehran]]
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| death_date         = April 1862
| death_place        = [[Tehran]], [[Qajar Iran|Iran]]
| dynasty            = [[Qajar dynasty|Qajar]]
| father             = [[Abbas Mirza]]
| religion           = [[Twelver|Twelver Shia Islam]]
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'''Khanlar Mirza Ehtesham-ed-Dowleh''' ({{langx|fa|خانلر میرزا احتشام الدوله}}; died April 1862) was a [[Qajar dynasty|Qajar]] prince who held the governorship of several [[Qajar Iran|Iranian]] provinces during the reigns of [[Mohammad Shah Qajar]] ({{reign|1834|1848}}) and [[Naser al-Din Shah Qajar]] ({{reign|1848|1896}}). He was the seventeenth son of [[Abbas Mirza]].

== Biography ==
A member of the [[Qajar dynasty]], Khanlar Mirza was the seventeenth son of [[Abbas Mirza]]. He was given the governorship of [[Yazd]] in 1835, most likely at the suggestion of the newly appointed [[premier]] [[Haji Mirza Aqasi]]. But in less than two years, Khanlar Mirza was sent from Yazd to [[Kerman]] and [[Sistan]], where he put down an uprising by the [[Baloch people]].{{sfn|Eslami|2020}} While his uncle Bahman Mirza Baha od-Dowleh was governing Yazd, a revolt was staged by [[Aga Khan I]], the Imam of the [[Nizari Isma'ilism|Nizari Isma'ilis]].{{sfn|Eslami|2020}}{{sfn|Algar|1986|pp=170–175}} Without any permission, Khanlar Mirza then went to Yazd to take Kerman from Bahman Mirza. Their clash infuriated Mohammad Shah, but Aqasi stepped in to defend Khanlar Mirza.{{sfn|Eslami|2020}}

From 1841 to the middle of 1848, Khanlar Mirza served as the governor of [[Hamadan]]. Following several months in office as the governor of the [[Mazandaran province]], Khanlar Mirza was dispatched to the southwest to resolve the matters of [[Borujerd]] and [[Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province|Bakhtiari]]. In early 1851, his responsibilities were expanded to include the administration of the [[Khuzestan province|Arabestan]] and [[Lorestan province|Lorestan]] provinces. Most of the bandits in that region were driven out by him during that time. It was also through his efforts that the lengthy and expensive Hashem dam was finally constructed. It spanned the Hashem river, an artificial tributary of the [[Karkheh river]].{{sfn|Eslami|2020}}

His subpar leadership of a substantial Iranian army at the battle of [[Mohammerah]] during the [[Anglo-Persian War|Anglo-Persian war of 1856–1857]], however, eclipsed these accomplishments. Many of Khanlar Mirza's officers subsequently received harsh punishment from the central government, while he reportedly had to pay a large indemnity. The governorship of [[Isfahan]] was the final post held by Khanlar Mirza. He died in April 1862 in the capital of [[Tehran]], where he had traveled to inform Naser al-Din Shah of the situation in Isfahan.{{sfn|Eslami|2020}}

== References ==
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==Sources==
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* {{Encyclopaedia Iranica | volume=2 | fascicle=3 | title = Āqā Khan | last = Algar | first = Hamid | url = https://iranicaonline.org/articles/aqa-khan-title | pages = 170–175 }}
* {{Encyclopædia Iranica Online|url=https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-iranica-online/ehtesam-al-dawla-kanlar-khan-COM_8934jar|title=Eḥtešām-al-Dawla, Ḵānlar Khan|first=Kambiz|last=Eslami|year=2020}}
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[[Category:19th-century Iranian military personnel]]
[[Category:People of the Anglo-Persian War]]
[[Category:Qajar governors of Isfahan]]
[[Category:Qajar governors of Hamadan]]
[[Category:Qajar governors of Lorestan]]
[[Category:Qajar governors of Khuzestan]]
[[Category:Qajar governors of Yazd]]
[[Category:Qajar governors of Mazandaran]]