Mirza Mohammad Ashtiani (died 1873), also known as Qavam al-Dawla, was the governor of Khorasan and Fars and a member of the

Mostowfian Ashtiani family Mostowfian Ashtiani family were a Persian family during the Zand period who came to power in the Qajar dynasty and retained power until the middle of the Pahlavi dynasty. Their family occupation was land ownership, but after in Qajar introduced ...

. Qavam al-Dawla is best known for his defeat in the Merv war against Teke Turkmen tribe. He entered the government service during the reign of Fath Ali Shah and during the reign of

Nasser 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 ...

, he achieved high ranks and was appointed governor of Khorasan. In 1862,

ordered his uncle Heshmat al-Dawla, along with Qavam al-Dawla, to seize the bases of the Turkmen insurgents, who from time to time attacked Khorasan, looting the people and creating insecurity. But Qavam al-Dawla and his forces were severely defeated and returned to Tehran. Nasser al-Din Shah removed him and Heshmat al-Dawla from their posts, imprisoned Qavam al-Dawla as the main culprit, and even tried to kill him. But

Mirza Yusuf Ashtiani Mirza Yusuf Ashtiani (1812 – 7 April 1886) also known as Mostowfi ol-Mamalek was the Grand Vizier of Iran during the reign of Nasser al-Din Shah and one of the most influential members of Qajar bureaucratic system at that time. He was from the ...

, brother-in-law of Qavam al-Dawla, presented 100,000 Tomans in a golden tray to Naser al-Din Shah and demanded the release of Qavam al-Dawla. Nasser al-Din Shah released Qavam al-Dawlah and appointed him governor of Fars. Qavam al-Dawlah married twice, his first wife being the daughter of Mirza Mayel Ashtiani, the son of Kazem Ashtiani, from whom he had a son named

Ibrahim Motamed al-Saltanah Ibrahim ( ar, إبراهيم, links=no ') is the Arabic name for Abraham, a Biblical patriarch and prophet in Islam. For the Islamic view of Ibrahim, see Abraham in Islam. Ibrahim may also refer to: * Ibrahim (name), a name (and list of people w ...

, who was the father of Ahmad Qavam and

Vossug ed Dowleh Hassan Vossug ed Dowleh ( fa, حسن وثوق‌الدوله; 1 April 1868 – 3 February 1951) was twice Prime Minister of Iran. He was the older brother of Ahmad Qavam Ahmad Qavam (2 January 1873 – 23 July 1955; fa, احمد قوام) ...

. His second marriage was to Asmat al-Saltanah, daughter of Farhad Mirza, son of Abbas Mirza, from whom he had two children.In the range of the incident: The political life of Ahmad Qavam, p. 31

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