Allah Verdi Mirza Farman Farmaian (1929 – August 28, 2016) was the son of the Qajar

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nobleman

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

and his wife Hamdam Khanoum. He studied biology at Reed College (BA 1952), and obtained an MS (1955) and PhD (1959) in Biological Sciences at

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, where his research focused on marine physiology at Hopkins Marine Station in Pacific Grove, California, as well as in a postdoctoral fellowship at

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. He did research work in membrane physiology, worked at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and founded the department of physiology at Shiraz University (Iran, 1961–1967). A prominent academic in the United States, he was a professor and head of the biology department at

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in New Jersey, where he worked for 30 years, and visiting professor at

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. He had two daughters: *Shahzadi Dellara Khanum Farman Farmaian. *Shahzadi Kimya Khanum Farman Farmaian. m. Michael Paul Harris

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*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 Shahs of Iran Qajar princes Reed College alumni 1929 births 2016 deaths Exiles of the Iranian Revolution in the United States Iranian emigrants to the United States Farmanfarmaian family {{iran-scientist-stub

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