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Iranian politician (died 1873)
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Mirza Mohammad Ashtiani
Qavam al-Dawla
میرزا محمد آشتیانی
Qavam al-Dawla by Sani ol Molk
Personal details
Died1873 (1874)
Mostowfian Ashtiani

Mirza Mohammad Ashtiani (died 1873), also known as Qavam al-Dawla, was the governor of Khorasan and Fars and a member of the Mostowfian Ashtiani family. Qavam al-Dawla is best known for his defeat in the Merv war against Teke Turkmen tribe.

Career

He entered the government service during the reign of Fath-Ali Shah Qajar[1] and during the reign of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, he achieved high ranks and was appointed governor of Khorasan.[2]

In 1862, Naser al-Din Shah ordered his uncle Hamzeh Mirza Heshmat od-Dowleh, along with Qavam al-Dawla, to seize the bases of the Turkmen insurgents, who from time to time attacked Khorasan, looting the people and creating insecurity.[3] But Qavam al-Dawla and his forces were severely defeated and returned to Tehran. Naser al-Din Shah removed him and Hamzeh Mirza from their posts, imprisoned Qavam al-Dawla as the main culprit, and even tried to kill him. But Mirza Yusuf Ashtiani, brother-in-law of Qavam al-Dawla, presented 100,000 Tomans in a golden tray to Naser al-Din Shah and demanded the release of Qavam al-Dawla. Naser al-Din Shah released Qavam al-Dawlah and appointed him governor of Fars.[4][5]

Family

Qavam al-Dawlah married twice, his first wife being the daughter of Mirza Mayel Ashtiani, the son of Kazem Ashtiani, from whom he had a son named Ibrahim Motamed al-Saltanah, who was the father of Ahmad Qavam and Vossug ed Dowleh. His second marriage was to Mehrmah Khanum Ismat al-Saltaneh, daughter of Farhad Mirza, son of Abbas Mirza, from whom he had two children.[6]

Genealogy

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Genealogy of Mostowfian Ashtiani family, Mirza Hashem branch
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Aqa Mohsen Ashtiani
Mirza Kazem AshtianiMirza HashemMirza Aghasi Bey
Mayel AshtianiMirza Mohammad TaqiFarhad Mirza Motamed Doleh
son of Abbas Mirza
daughterMirza Mohammad Qavam al-DawlaEsmat al-Saltanah
Tavus Khanum
daughter of Majd ol-Molk Sinaki		Ibrahim Motamed Al-SaltanahMotazdalmalkAzim Al-Dawlah
Ahmad QavamVossug ed Dowleh

References

  1. ^ Mostowfi, Abdullah. Biography of my life, or social and administrative history of the Qajar period. Tehran. p. 93.
  2. ^ In the range of the incident: The political life of the Ahmad Qavam, p. 29
  3. ^ Mohsan Rostai, Orders and letters of the court-government of Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar and Mirza Mohammad Qavam al-Dawla and other historical figures, p. 23
  4. ^ Dost Ali Moayeri, Nasserite bureaucrats, p. 56
  5. ^ In the range of the incident: The political life of Ahmad Qavam, p. 30
  6. ^ In the range of the incident: The political life of Ahmad Qavam, p. 31
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