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Esmail Momtaz od-Dowleh ( fa, اسماعیل ممتازالدوله) was a notable Iranian statesman of the early twentieth century. Born in 
Tabriz
Tabriz ( fa, تبریز ; ) is a city in northwestern Iran, serving as the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. It is the List of largest cities of Iran, sixth-most-populous city in Iran. In the Quri Chay, Quru River valley in Iran's historic Aze ...
in 1880, he was one of the original Parliamentarians of the First Majles
The Islamic Consultative Assembly ( fa, مجلس شورای اسلامی, Majles-e Showrā-ye Eslāmī), also called the Iranian Parliament, the Iranian Majles (Arabicised spelling Majlis) or ICA, is the national legislative body of Iran. The Pa ...
in 1906. He was also its fourth Speaker
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When the Parliament was bombarded by Mohammad Ali Shah
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.
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, he was the speaker of majlis and escaped to Paris. In London he interviewed about the crisis which printed in European newspapers.
Momtaz od-Doleh was also Minister of Culture, Minister of Finance, Minister of Education and Minister of Justice. He was the actual writer of the Persian Constitution of 1906
The Persian Constitution of 1906 ( fa, قانون اساسی مشروطه, Qanun-e Asasi-ye Mishirutâh), was the first constitution of the Sublime State of Persia (Qajar Iran), resulting from the Persian Constitutional Revolution and it was w ...
, being fluent in French and able to copy extracts lifted from the Belgian constitution
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Momtaz died in 1933 at the age of 54 of coronary heart disease.
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* * William Morgan Shuster, ''The Strangling of Persia'' William Morgan Shuster#The Strangling of Persia 20th-century Iranian politicians 1880 births 1933 deaths Finance ministers of Iran Moderate Socialists Party politicians Speakers of the National Consultative Assembly Members of the 1st Iranian Majlis Members of the 2nd Iranian Majlis Deputies of Tabriz for National Consultative Assembly Education ministers of Iran Ministers of Justice of Iran {{Iran-hist-stub