Abdol-Ali Mirza Farman Farmaian (1935–1973)

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Farmānfarmāʼiyān, ʻAbd al-ʻAlī, 1935-1973
/ref> was an Iranian businessman and nobleman. He was the youngest son of the

Qajar Qajar Iran (), also referred to as Qajar Persia, the Qajar Empire, '. Sublime State of Persia, officially the Sublime State of Iran ( fa, دولت علیّه ایران ') and also known then as the Guarded Domains of Iran ( fa, ممالک م ...

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

nobleman

Abdol-Hossein Farman Farma Prince Abdol-Hossein Farman Farma ( fa, عبدالحسین فرمانفرما 1857 – November, 1939) was one of the most prominent Qajar princes, and one of the most influential politicians of his time in Persia. He was born in Tehran to P ...

and his wife Batoul Khanoum. Abdol-Ali Mirza Farman Farmaian was born on January 6, 1935. He studied at

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, earning a degree in business. Upon returning to Iran, he became involved in several industrial projects, including the co-founding (with his brother Cyrus) of the Naft-e Pars Pars Oil Company, which became Iran's largest private petrochemical factory. Prince Abdol Ali Farman Farmaian died in an avalanche while skiing at the

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Resort near Tehran February 2, 1973, leaving his daughter Mariam and his two sons Salman and Abu-Ali. He also co-founded the Chamber of Industries."Blood and Oil", p.347

References

*''Daughter of Persia'';

Sattareh Farman Farmaian Sattāreh Farmānfarmā'iān ( fa, ستاره فرمانفرمائیان; December 23, 1921 – May 21, 2012), also Sattareh Farman-Farmaian, was an Iranian author, social worker, and was of Qajar nobility. She was one of the daughters of Persia ...

with Dona Munker; Crown Publishers,Inc., New York (1992) *''Blood and Oil: Memoirs of a Persian Prince'';

Manucher Mirza Farman Farmaian Prince Manucher Mirza (1917–2003) was born in Tehran in 1917. He was the sixth son of Prince Abdol-Hossein Farman Farma and of Batoul Khanoum. He studied petroleum engineering at Birmingham University in England before returning to Iran. O ...

. Random House, New York (1997)

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The Qajar (Kadjar) Pages
Turkoman dynasty of the Shahs of Persia 1932 births 1973 deaths Qajar princes Farmanfarmaian family {{iran-business-bio-stub

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