Ali Reza Khan Azod al-Molk (11 October 1847 – 22 September 1910) was an Iranian politician who acted as regent for the last ruling member of the

Qajar dynasty The Qajar dynasty (; fa, دودمان قاجار ', az, Qacarlar ) was an IranianAbbas Amanat, ''The Pivot of the Universe: Nasir Al-Din Shah Qajar and the Iranian Monarchy, 1831–1896'', I. B. Tauris, pp 2–3 royal dynasty of Turkic peoples ...

Life

Ali Reza Khan Qajar, titled "Azod al-Molk", was the son of Mousa Khan, an uncle of

Naser al-Din Shah Naser al-Din Shah Qajar ( fa, ناصرالدین‌شاه قاجار; 16 July 1831 – 1 May 1896) was the fourth Shah of Qajar Iran from 5 September 1848 to 1 May 1896 when he was assassinated. He was the son of Mohammad Shah Qajar and Malek ...

. Ali Reza was part of the retinue of

in 1870 and 1871, and accompanied him on his pilgrimages to the holy sites in Najaf and

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, and in 1873 and 1878 during his travels to

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. Ali Reza Khan was governor of Mazandaran and later Minister of Justice. After the overthrow of

Mohammed Ali Shah Qajar Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar ( fa, محمدعلی شاه قاجار; 21 June 1872 – 5 April 1925, San Remo, Italy), Shah of Iran from 8 January 1907 to 16 July 1909. He was the sixth shah of the Qajar dynasty. Biography Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar ...

in 1909, Ali Reza Khan was employed by decision of the Iranian Parliament as

regent A regent (from Latin : ruling, governing) is a person appointed to govern a state '' pro tempore'' (Latin: 'for the time being') because the monarch is a minor, absent, incapacitated or unable to discharge the powers and duties of the monarchy ...

for the king's son, Ahmad Shah Qajar. Ali Reza Khan had no formal schooling. He was regarded as an honest politician. At the end of his life he was known as Dai Khan (honorable uncle).

Sources

* Cyrus Ghani: Iran and the rise of Reza Shah. I.B.Tauris, 1998, S. 11.` {{Authority control 1910 deaths 1822 births 20th-century Iranian politicians 19th-century Iranian politicians Regents of Iran