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Mostowfi Ol-mamalek




His father was a bureaucrat of the Qajar court. When 26, he was sent to Paris for his higher education, and soon climbed his way up the latter of politics in Iran.

During the Persian Constitutional Revolution era, Mostowfi was appointed Minister 15 times, and Prime Minister 11 times.

One of his most formidable opponents in politics was Hassan Modarres who made numerous efforts to pull down Mostowfi's cabinet.

Mostowfi's cabinet finally collapsed under pressure from political opponents despite the full backing of Ahmad Shah Qajar . His last post was in 1926 during the era of Reza Pahlavi I as Prime Minister of Iran.

He died in 1932 in Tehran and was buried in the family mausoleum in Vanak .


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''The following reference was used for the above writing: "Iran in the last 3 Centuries" by Alireza Avsati. Published Tehran, 2003. Vol1 ISBN 964-93406-6-1 Vol2 ISBN 964-93406-5-3''

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