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• ʿALĀʾ-AL-MOLK, ḤĀJJĪ

  Ḥ. Maḥbūbī Ardakānī

  (d. 23 Jomādā II 1308/4 February 1891), holder of various offices under Nāṣer-al-dīn Shah.

• ʿALĀʾ-AL-MOLK

  Ḥ. Maḥbūbī Aardakānī

  son of Mīrzā ʿAlī Aṣḡar Mostawfī, governor and minister in the later Qajar period (1258-1344/1842-1925).

• ʿALĀʾ-AL-SALṬANA

  BĀQER ʿĀQELI

  prime minister and diplomat of the late Qajar period (d. 1918).  Upon the proclamation of the Constitution in 1907, he was appointed minister of foreign affairs. During the post-constitutional period he was a member of most cabinets, until in 1913 he was appointed prime minister.

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• ʿALĀʾ-AL-SALṬANA

  Ḥ. Maḥbūbī Ardakānī

  Displeased with Malkom Khan, the Iranian minister in London, the Shah replaced him with Moḥammad-ʿAlī Khan; at this point he received the title ʿAlāʾ-al-salṭana. During the constitutional period he was back in Iran as a member of various cabinets. In January, 1913 he became prime minister, a position he enjoyed for seven months.

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• ALA-FIRENG

  Cross-Reference

  See ALĀFRANK.

• ALĀFRANK

  D. O. Morgan

  or ALA-FIRENG, the eldest son of the Il-khan Geiḵatu (r. 690-94/1291-95).

• ʿALĀʾI, ŠOʿĀʿ-ALLĀH

  Firuz Kazemzadeh

  (1899-1984), prominent government official and a leading Bahai.

• ALAK-DOLAK

  H. Javadi

  the game of tipcat, played for centuries in Iran, Afghanistan, and surrounding countries.

• ʿĀLAM II, SHAH

  S. S. Alvi

  Mughal emperor (1173-1253/1759-1806).

• ʿALAM KHAN

  J. R. Perry

  viceroy of the Afsharid state of Khorasan, 1161-68/1748-54.