Farmanfarma’s power grab was resented by many within the court and ultimately resulted in the Shah dismissing him and assigning him to govern the province of Fars, and eventually sending him into exile in 1898. He went to Egypt, and then to Baghdad in Ottoman Mesopotamia. His wife Princess Ezzat ed-Dowleh, voluntarily followed him and stayed with him for four years until she was able to orchestrate his return to court life.