He didn't exactly declare himself Shah. He was the Crown Prince and sometime Regent during his brother's reign. He became head of the house and the pretender on his brother's death.

You can find out more about him on my website at the following URL:
http://www.4dw.net/royalark/Persia/qajar29.htm



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: Am trying to find out more about Prince/ His
: Imperial Highness / Shah Mohammad Hassan
: Mirza from the Kadjar (Qajar) dynasty of
: Persia/Iran.
: He was the brother of the former Shah who
: was deposed in the 1920s, and he declared
: himself Shah after this brother died in
: 1930.
: He lived and died in Maidenhead. He was
: friendly with some of the Albanian royal
: family whilst in England.
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: Hope some-one can tell me more about him.
: Thanks!
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