Draft:Hezar Famil
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Hezar Famil (Persian: هزار فامیل, lit. 'The Thousand Families') is the name given to the nobility and patriciate in Iran during the Qajar dynasty and Pahlavi dynasty.
At the beginning of Qajar rule, bureaucracy which had declined in numbers after the downfall of the Safavids, remained small. During the rule of Fath Ali Shah Qajar (reigned 1797-1834) the bureaucracy was greatly expanded and many new government offices were taken by members of the larger Qajar family, large landowning families and families with a record of local or provincial administration.[1]
One such family was the Mostowfian Ashtiani family, which was mentioned as the origin of the term Hezar Famil as a great number members from different branches of this family ocupied high governmental offices.[2]
Succesful business families regularly bought their way into government offices. Although many of these families were related in one way or another, they also played an important rol in socially grooming new recruits in government and thus sustaining the existing social system.[3]
Early on, women belonging to the Hezar Famil took on an active role in society, establishing a.o. newspapers, schools and hospitals. An eminent example is Princess Malek Taj Qajar ‘Najm os-Saltaneh’ (1853-1932).[4]
In later times, the term is mentioned with a negative connotation, associating it with an oligarchy misusing its position for exorbitant financial self enrichment.
In 2023 the International Qajar Studies Association launched a project to publish Iranian genealogies under the name ‘Hezar Famil’. The Association uses the famous term in a more contemporary and broader way planning to publish the genelgies of those families, which have contributed significantly over several generations to the fields of politics, government, bureaucracy, religion, the military, economics, science, culture or sports in the last 250 years.
The format for the book chosen is comparable to Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels and Deutsches Geschlechterbuch.
References[edit]
- ^ Bakhash, S. "'Administration in Iran vi. Safavid, Zand, and Qajar periods', in\: Encyclopaedia Iranica, Online Edition". encyclopaedia Iranica. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ^ Shabani, Ali (2018). The Thousand Families: Commentary on Leading Political Figures of Nineteenth Century Iran. Peter Lang. ISBN 978-1-4331-4386-1.
- ^ Sheikholeslami, A. Reza (1978). 'The Patrimonial Structure of Iranian Bureaucracy in The Late Nineteenth Century', in: Iranian Studies, volume XI. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9789-05163-096-1.
- ^ Farman Farmaian, Bahman (2008). 'Shirzan - The Lioness. A narrative sketch of Princess Malek-Taj Qajar 'Najm os-Saltaneh', in: Qajar Studies. IQSA. ISSN 0021-0862.
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