Mehdi Qoli Hedayat
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Mehdi Gholi Hedayat (1864–1955) (Persian
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:مهدی قلی هدایت) was an Iranian politician and author of books on Iranian music.

Early life

He was the third son of Ali Gholi Khan, Mokhber-ol Douleh and grandson of Reza Gholi Khan Hedayat, who was an eminent historiograph of the Qajar Era, and Director of Irans first Polytechnic: the Dar-ol Fonun in Tehran.
Accordingly, Mehdi Gholi Khan received a broad and sound traditional education, which was completed with courses on Western Sciences. In 1878 he was sent to Berlin, to visit a school in Germany. Though he soon left the school and took private lessons instead, his soujourn in Germany, from where he returned with fluent command of the German language to Iran in 1879, was a forming experience in his future perception of Western influence on Iranian culture.

Qajar era

In 1885 he served as teacher at the Dar-ol Fonun and was made special chamberlain (pishkhedmat-e khass) by Naser-ol Din Shah Qajar in 1893.
After the death of his father in 1897 Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar bestowed the title Mokhber-os Saltaneh upon Mehdi Gholi Khan.
He accompanied the monarch as interpreter of German at the trip to Europe in 1901.

After a year he returned to Iran and worked as translator of German at the imperial court, having considerable influence on Mozaffar-ol Din Shahs eventual granting of the constitution in 1906.
While being only short Governor General of Azerbaijan in 1908, he was made again Governor of Azerbaijan in 1909 until he resigned in August 1911, because of the Russian pressure on the central government in Tehran.
Made Governor General of Fars in 1912, the Central Government had to cede the British insistence to replace Mokhber-ol Saltaneh, and recalled him on 13 September 1915.

As Minister of Justice, of the Interior, of Public Instruction, of Finance and of Public Works, Mokhber-ol Saltaneh headed in several short termed cabients different ministries.

Reza Shah's era

Mostowfi in 1926 for the sixth time in the premiership was directed to the Ministry of Commerce
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 and appointed public benefits and statesmanship at all Mostofi, which was restored three times in his Cabinet, the Ministry Mokhbar-os Saltaneh was based public benefits. The late Cabinet Mostowfi he was elected president of the Supreme Court
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Ali Akbar Davar
Ali Akbar Davar
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, Minister of Justice
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 with the authority of Parliament was right to education has two eleven judicial rank is granted. Presidential clean and lead prosecutor and Haj Mokhber-ol Saltaneh grade eleven Supreme Court justice, was chaired by Reza Qoli Vahidi son uncle and brother directed her husband ten ranking judicial branch president of First Deputy clean Gmard that he also highest judicial reference country. Mostofi in June 1306 resigned the presidency and government to draw Mkhbralsltnh Haj will direct hit, of course, and will vote in this election was highly effective when Reza Shah Tymvrtash choice of prime minister he had only himself. Guidance notes in this case tried writing useful Tymvrtash changes did Mostofi decision.

Hedayat almost six and a half years directed the Prime Minister
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 was Reza Shah. During his premiership was strong foundations dictatorship. Tymvrtash life that had long settled his affairs and to some extent with the referee and Sardar As'ad and N. Dawla had Vdakhlh works. After imprisonment and denial Tymvrtash N. Dawla and the number of immunity directed Ghulam House lawyer in the phone ring only commands that the Shah was run without dispute that he eventually passed courses in September 1933 was dismissed.

Mehdi Gholi Hedayat died on 13. September 1955 in the age of 81.
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