Mohsen Sadr ( fa, محسن صدر; also known by his title: Sadr ol-Ashraf
I (1871 – 19 October 1962) was a
Prime Minister of Iran.
He was born in
Mahallat
Mahallat ( fa, محلات, also Romanized as Maḩallāt; also known as Mahallāt Bāla and Maḩallāt-e Bālā) is the capital of Mahallat County, Markazi Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, the city had population of 35,31910,285 families.
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in
Markazi in 1871 as the son of Seyyed Hossein 'Fakhr ol-Zakerin', a wealthy clergyman, by a daughter of Hajji Molla Akbar Khorassani. He received his title "Sadr ol-Ashraf' after the death of his paternal uncle Seyyed Sadr ed-Din 'Sadr ol-Ashraf', who had been the son-in-law of the very influential courtier
Anoushirvan (Shir) Khan Qajar Qovanlou 'Eyn ol-Molk' 'Etezad od-Doleh' (a cousin of Nasser ed-Din Shah). Mohsen 'Sadr ol-Ashraf' served as royal tutor to one of
Nasereddin Shah's sons, and served in many senior government positions in his career, such as President of the High Court of Justice in Tehran, Governor of
Khorasan, Speaker of
Majlis, Minister of The Judiciary (five times), Prime Minister in 1945 and Senator (twice).
After the death of Prince Abdol-Hossein Mirza Farmanfarma in 1939 he acted as the executor of the last will of Farmanfarma and guardian of his children.
He died in
Tehran
Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...
of brain cancer on 19 October 1962 at the age of 91.
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See also
* Pahlavi dynasty
* List of prime ministers of Iran
* List of Iranian senators
References
External links
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*'Alí Rizā Awsatí, ''Iran in the Past Three Centuries'' (''Irān dar Se Qarn-e Goz̲ashteh''), Volumes 1 and 2 (Paktāb Publishing , Tehran, Iran, 2003). (Vol. 1), (Vol. 2).
*L.A. Ferydoun Barjesteh van Waalwijk van Doorn, "Mistaken Identities: Anoushirvan (Shir) Khan (Qajar Qovanlou) Eyn ol-Molk Etezad od-Doleh and Prince Ali Qoli Mirza Etezad os-Saltaneh," in: ''Qajar Studies II'', ''Journal of the International Qajar Studies Association, Rotterdam/Santa Barbara/Tehran 2002, pp. 91-150. ''
People from Markazi Province
1871 births
1962 deaths
Prime Ministers of Iran
Presidents of the Senate of Iran
Deaths from cancer in Iran
Deaths from brain tumor
People from Mahallat
Ministers of Justice of Iran
19th-century Iranian politicians
20th-century Iranian politicians
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