Najaf-Qoli Khan Bakhtiari
Najaf-Qoli Khan Bakhtiari (Persian: نجفقلیخان بختیاری) also known Saad al-Dowleh and Samsam al-Saltane (1846–1930), was an Iranian Prime Minister and a leader of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution. He was elected Prime Minister for two terms, first from 3 May 1909 to 16 July 1909 and again from 23 December 1912 to 17 January 1913, when he resigned from the office. He was a representative of Parliament of Iran from Tehran in the 4th Parliament. He was the older brother of Ali-Qoli Khan Bakhtiari. He died in 1930 in Isfahan.
Saad al-Dowleh سعدالدوله | |
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| 11th Prime Minister of Iran | |
| In office 1911 – 17 January 1913 | |
| Monarch | Ahmad Shah Qajar |
| Preceded by | Sepahsalar-e Tonekaboni |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad Ali Ala al-Saltaneh |
| In office 1 May 1918 – 8 August 1918 | |
| Monarch | Ahmad Shah Qajar |
| Preceded by | Mostowfi ol-Mamalek |
| Succeeded by | Vossug ed Dowleh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1846 Chaharmahal Province, Iran |
| Died | 1930 (aged 83–84) Isfahan, Iran |
Party affiliation
He is reported to be a member of the Moderate Socialists Party[1][2] but he was favoured by the Democrat Party at the time appointed as the Prime Minister[3] and formed a pro-Democrat cabinet.[4]
References
- Ali Mohammadi (1378). "حزب اجتماعیون اعتدالیون از پیدایش تا فروپاشی" (PDF). Yad (in Persian) (53–56): 433.
- Mansour Bonakdarian (2006), Britain And the Iranian Constitutional Revolution of 1906-1911, Syracuse University Press, ISBN 9780815630425, OCLC 63171146,
Sipahdar was succeeded by Samsam al-Saltanah, the Social Moderate Bakhtiari chief and an associate of Lynch ... at this stage Sardar Assad, Lynch's closest Bakhtiari friend and Samsam al-Saltanah's brother, was courting the Democrats for his own personal ends.
- Katouzian, Homa (2006). State and Society in Iran: The Eclipse of the Qajars and the Emergence of the Pahlavis. Library of modern Middle East studies. 28. I.B.Tauris. p. 57. ISBN 1845112725.
Meanwhile, just a few months into his second premiership, Sepahsalar is dismissed by the Majlis on suspicion of sympathy for the old Shah, and Samsam al-Saltaneh Bakhtiyari, a Democrat favourite, is appointed.
- "Iran". 40. British Institute of Persian Studies. 2002: 336–337. Cite journal requires
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| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Mohammad Vali Khan Tonekaboni |
Prime Minister of Iran 1911–1913 |
Succeeded by Mohammad Ali Ala al-Saltaneh |
| Preceded by Mostowfi ol-Mamalek |
Prime Minister of Iran 1918 |
Succeeded by Vossug ed Dowleh |
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