After the death of his father in 1885, he assumed his father’s former title of “Nosrat-ed-Dowleh”. In 1891, as commander of the Azerbaijani troops, he received the title “Salar Lashgar”, and subsequently in 1892 he received the title “Farmanfarma” upon the death of his elder brother.In 1885 he married Ezzat ed-Dowleh Qajar, daughter of the Mozzafar al-Din Shah. Following the marriage, out of respect for Ezzat ed-Dowleh and also due to her high social rank, he took no other wives for the next twenty years.