FĀTEḤ, MOṢṬAFĀ (b. Isfahan, 7 Ramażān 1313/20 February 1896; d. London, 8 Šahrīvar 1357/30 August 1978), a deputy director-general of…

FALLĀḤ, REŻĀ (b. 1328/1910, Kāšān; d. 1360 Š./1981, London), deputy manager of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC; Šerkat-e mellī-e…

ESFANDĪĀRĪ, ḤĀJJ MOḤTAŠAM-AL-SALṬANA ḤASAN (b. 18 Ḏu’l-ḥejja 1283/23 April 1867; d. 5 Esfand 1323 Š./24 February 1945), politician, governor, and…

DĀVAR, ʿALĪ-AKBAR (b. Tehran, 1302/1885, d. Tehran, 21 Bahman 1315 Š./10 February 1937), journalist, politician, statesman, and founder of the…

DARGĀHĪ,MOḤAMMAD (b. Zanjān, 1317/1899, d. Tehran, 1331 Š./1952), first chief of the state police under Reżā Shah (1304-20 Š./1925-41). After…

DĀDGAR, ḤOSAYN (b. Tehran ca. 1299/1881, d. 1349 Š./1970; Bāmdād, Rejāl VI, p. 93), ʿAdl-al-Molk, at various times president of…

BŪŠEHRĪ, ḤĀJĪ MOḤAMMAD MOʿĪN-AL-TOJJĀR (b. 1238 Š./1859 in Būšehr, d. 1312 Š./1933 in Tehran), a merchant active in the Constitutional…

BŪḎARJOMEHRĪ, Major General (sar-laškar) Karīm Āqā (b. 1265/1886 in Kāšān, d. 1330 Š./1951 in Tehran), military officer, mayor of Tehran,…

JĀN MOḤAMMAD KHAN, AMIR ʿALĀʾI, (b. Tehran, ca 1886; d. Tehran, 1951; FIGURE 1), brigadier general and commander of Khorasan…

ĀZĀD, ʿABD-AL-QADIR (b. 1272 Š./1893, d. 1352 Š./1973), journalist, politician, Majles deputy, member of opposition groups (FIGURE 1). The son…

ĀQEVLI, FARAJ-ALLĀH (b. Isfahan, 1266 Š./1887; d. Tehran, 13th Ābān, 1353 Š./1974), director of Anjoman-e Āṯār-e Melli (The National Monuments…

AMIR-ṬAHMĀSEBI, ʿAbd-Allāh (b. Tehran 1260 Š./1881, d. Borujerd, 1307Š./1928), Major General, Army Commander and Governor of Azerbaijan, Minister of War,…

AMIR-AʿLAM, AMIR (b. Trabzon, 1861; d. Tehran, 2 Ordibehešt 1340 Š./22 April 1961, FIGURE 1), university professor, representative and deputy…

ʿALĀʾ-AL-SALṬANA, MOḤAMMAD-ʿALI, prime minister and diplomat of the late Qajar period (d. 14 Ramażān 1336/23 June 1918; Figure 1). Mirzā…

ĀHI, MAJID (b. Tehran, 1265 Š./1886; d. 22 Šahrivar 1325 Š./12 September 1946), judge, governor of Fārs, minister of justice,…

ʿADL, MOṢṬAFĀ (b. 1261 Š./1882 – d. 1329 Š./1950), jurist, professor of law, diplomat, minister and senator, known by the…

ʿADL, Aḥmad-Ḥosayn (b. Tabriz, 1277Š./1898, d. 1341Š /1963, FIGURE 1), minister of agriculture, Director General of the Plan Organization, and…