1. Prince Sultan Hamid Mirza Qajar was the head and heir presumptive of the Qajar dynasty, the former ruling dynasty of Iran, and the son of the last Qajar Crown Prince of Iran.
11 Facts About Hamid Mirza
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Hamid Mirza was born in Tabriz, the son of Crown Prince Mohammad Hassan Mirza and his second wife Mohtaram Razzaghi.
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Hamid Mirza's grandfather had abdicated in 1909 after the Iranian Constitutional Revolution.
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Hamid Mirza did not go to England as his grandfather felt he was too young to go.
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In 1934 Hamid Mirza enrolled in the Thames Nautical Training College aboard HMS Worcester in Greenhithe, Kent.
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Hamid Mirza graduated in 1936 with a nautical degree and joined the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company as a cadet.
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At the outbreak of World War II, Hamid Mirza tried to join the Royal Navy but was not accepted.
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Hamid Mirza was finally accepted into the Navy in 1942.
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Hamid Mirza served as a sub-lieutenant on HMS Duke of York and HMS Wild Goose.
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Hamid Mirza used the name "David Drummond" during his naval service.
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Hamid Mirza became head and the Heir Presumptive of the Qajar dynasty on the death of his cousin Fereydoun Mirza on 24 September 1975.