Najaf-Qoli Khan Bakhtiari ( fa, نجف‌قلی‌خان بختیاری) also known Saad al-Dowleh and Samsam al-Saltane (1846–1930), was an Iranian

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...

and a leader of the

Iranian Constitutional Revolution The Persian Constitutional Revolution ( fa, مشروطیت, Mashrūtiyyat, or ''Enghelāb-e Mashrūteh''), also known as the Constitutional Revolution of Iran, took place between 1905 and 1911. The revolution led to the establishment of a par ...

. He was elected Prime Minister for two terms, first from 3 May 1909 to 16 July 1909 and again from 23 December 1912 to 17 January 1913, when he resigned from the office. He was a representative of

Parliament of Iran 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 ...

from

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in the 4th Parliament. He was the older brother of

Ali-Qoli Khan Bakhtiari Sardar Asaad Bakhtiari (1856–1917) ( Luri/ Persian: ), also known as Haj Ali-Gholi Khan, Sardar Asaad II (born Ali-Gholi Khan) was an Iranian revolutionary and a chieftain of the Bakhtiari ''Haft Lang'' tribe. The third son of Hossein Gholi Kha ...

. He died in 1930 in Isfahan.

Party affiliation

He is reported to be a member of the Moderate Socialists Party but he was favoured by the Democrat Party at the time appointed as the Prime Minister and formed a pro-

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cabinet.

References

1846 births 1930 deaths People from Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province Prime Ministers of Iran Deputies of Tehran for National Consultative Assembly People of the Persian Constitutional Revolution 19th-century Iranian politicians 20th-century Iranian politicians Bakhtiari people Moderate Socialists Party politicians Burials at Takht-e Foulad {{Iran-bio-stub