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Hossein Khan Sami'i ( fa, حسین سمیعی) also known by his court title of Adib al Saltaneh( fa, ادیب السلطنه) (1876 – 5 February 1954) was an Iranian writer, poet, diplomat and politician who had shifted in many positions in both

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 ...

and Pahlavi governments. He worked first in the Foreign Ministry and then as head of the Office of Neighboring Governments. Entered the Ministry of the Interior in 1910 and was deputy of Rasht in the

National Consultative Assembly The National Consultative Assembly ( fa, مجلس شورای ملی, Mad̲j̲les-e s̲h̲ūrā-ye mellī) or simply Majles, was the national legislative body of Iran from 1906 to 1979. It was elected by universal suffrage, excluding the armed for ...

1914–1918.

Biography

Hossein ibn Hassan Sami'i Gilani, Born in 1876 in

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t into a notable family. Spent his childhood in Tehran and Kermanshah and studied Arabic and literary sciences at Kermanshah, Taught by Abu al-Foqara' al-Isfahani and Mirza Salik al-Kermanshahi. He began writing poetry from the age of eleven by his

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of '' ‘Aṭā''. He returned to Tehran in 1893 and worked in the Foreign Ministry in the Qajari court during the reign of Muzaffar al-Din. Moved to the Ministry of Interior after the constitutional revolution in 1907, Elected as a deputy for Rasht in the third session of the

in 1914. Moved between the ministries of Interior and "General Benefits" later, Then he was appointed governor of Tehran. He wrote few books, taught Political science and appointed as president of the Iranian Literary Academy. He also took over the head of the scout organization. In 1935 after the establishment of the First Academy of Sciences, he was elected its member. In 1940, he was promoted to Iran's Ambassador to Afghanistan, remained in office for almost two years and then returned to the presidency of the Academy. He died on 5 February 1953 and buried in the

Ibn Babawayh Cemetery Ibn Babawayh cemetery ( fa, گورستان ابن‌بابویه or ), also spelled as Ebn-e Babviyeh, Ebn-e Babooyeh, is located in Iran in the town of Rey (which is now inside Greater Tehran metropolitan area). About The cemetery is named ...

, south of

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His works

Below are a list of his works: * ''Rules of writing'' * ''Memories of immigration travel'' * ''Poetry Diwan'' * ''The spirit of speech'' * ''Persian grammar'' * ''Human desires'' * ''Sisters'' * ''Al-Siyasah'' He also translated ''The history of Afghanistan'' by Jamal al-Din al-Afghani from Arabic to Persian.

References

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