Mirza Hosein Khan Moshir od-Dowleh
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Mirza Hosein Khan Moshir od-Dowleh Sepahsalar (1828–1881) was the prime minister (sadr-e a'zam) of Naser od-Din Shah Qajar of Iran (Persia) between 1871 and 1873.
After a successful career in the Iranian foreign service, beginning in India and later serving in Tiflis, Mirza Hosein Khan was made ambassador to Istanbul during the great Ottoman reform period after 1856. He seems also to have been influenced by at least two reformist thinkers - Fath Ali Akhondzadeh, whom he got to know well in Tiflis, and Mirza Malkam Khan
, whom he met in Istanbul.
On becoming prime minister, he persuaded the Shah to grant a concession for railroad construction and other commercial development projects to Baron de Reuter. Opposition from bureaucratic factions and clerical leaders, however, forced the Shah to dismiss his prime minister and cancel the concession.
After a successful career in the Iranian foreign service, beginning in India and later serving in Tiflis, Mirza Hosein Khan was made ambassador to Istanbul during the great Ottoman reform period after 1856. He seems also to have been influenced by at least two reformist thinkers - Fath Ali Akhondzadeh, whom he got to know well in Tiflis, and Mirza Malkam Khan
Mirza Malkam Khan
Mirza Malkam Khan , also spelled as Malkom Khan, was a prominent Iranian modernist, preoccupied with the transformation of Iran into a modern state. The most remarkable aspect of his work was his promotion of 'law', to bring about an orderly society in which royal power was subjected or...
, whom he met in Istanbul.
On becoming prime minister, he persuaded the Shah to grant a concession for railroad construction and other commercial development projects to Baron de Reuter. Opposition from bureaucratic factions and clerical leaders, however, forced the Shah to dismiss his prime minister and cancel the concession.