Abolqasem Naser ol-Molk

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Abolqasem Naser al-Molk
Regent of Persia
In office
March 1911 – 21 July 1914
Appointed byParliament
MonarchAhmad Shah
Preceded byAzod al-Molk
3th Prime Minister of Iran
In office
27 October 1907 – 21 December 1907
MonarchMohammad Ali Shah
Preceded byMoshir al-Saltaneh
Succeeded byNezam al-Saltaneh
Minister of Finance
In office
1904–1906
MonarchMozaffar ad-Din Shah
Prime MinisterEyn od-Dowleh
In office
February 1897 – June 1898
MonarchMozaffar ad-Din Shah
Prime MinisterAmin od-Dowleh
Vali of Kurdistan
In office
1900–1904
MonarchMozaffar ad-Din Shah
Prime MinisterAmin al-Soltan
Personal details
Born13 July 1856
Sheverin, Qajar Iran
Died26 December 1927(1927-12-26) (aged 71)
Tehran, Pahlavi Iran
Political partyModerate Socialists Party
Children3
RelativesHossein Ala (son-in-law)
Alma mater
Awards Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Abu’l-Qāsem Khān Qarāgozlu (Persian: ابوالقاسم‌خان قراقزلو), known by the title Nāṣer-al-molk (Persian: ناصرالملک, lit. 'Assistant of the Realm'), (July 13, 1856 – 26 December 1927) was an Iranian politician who served as Regent, Prime and Finance Minister of Iran during the Qajar dynasty.[1]

Early life[edit]

Al-Molk studied at the Balliol College, Oxford, from 1879 to 1882. Among his classmates were Sir Edward Grey, later British Foreign Secretary, and Cecil Spring-Rice, later British Ambassador to Tehran and Washington.

Political career[edit]

Prime Minister[edit]

After returning to Iran, he became an interpreter for Naser al-Din Shah. Later he served as Finance Minister, then as Governor, and for a short time as Prime Minister during the period of the Constitutional Revolution of Iran in the reign of Mohammed Ali Shah Qajar in 1907. However, under pressure from some parliamentarians he resigned. Because he failed to ask Mohammed Ali Shah for his permission before resigning, the latter had him arrested. Al-Molk was released from prison only after an intervention by the British ambassador. Seeing his life threatened, he fled to England.

Regent[edit]

He did not return to Iran until after the fall of Mohammed Ali Shah in the summer of 1909 where he was installed as Regent for the infant Ahmad Shah Qajar and assumed the office of prime minister once again for a short time. He held the office of Regent until Ahmad Shah came of age in 1914. In a deep political character analysis of Al-Molk, the American treasurer-general of Persia William Morgan Shuster suggested that he showed a lack of strong leadership in his office.[2]

Life in England[edit]

In 1915, Al-Molk left Iran and lived in England until his death. In 1919, he made another political appearance as an advisor to Lord Curzon in the drafting of the Anglo-Persian Agreement of August 1919. He died in 1927 at the age of 64.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ *Bakhash, Shaul (May 16, 2016) [December 3, 2015]. "NĀṢER-AL-MOLK, ABU'L-QĀSEM". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica. New York City: Bibliotheca Persica Press. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
  2. ^ "The strangling of Persia; a record of European diplomacy and oriental intrigue : Shuster, William Morgan, 1877-1960 : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive". Internet Archive. 1912. chapter IX.
  3. ^ Cyrus Ghani: Iran and the rise of Reza Shah. From Qajar collapse to Pahlavi rule. I. B. Tauris, London u. a. 1998, ISBN 1-86064-258-6.

External links[edit]

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