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632:, the first modern Persian encyclopedia: a multi-volume, alphabetically ordered work, containing biographical articles about Muslim and non-Muslim scholars, poets, physicians, mystics, and others from the rise of Islam to the Qajar period. To gather material, Aliqoli Mirza ordered the Shah's decree to be communicated to the governors of the provinces, so that each could document information about the scholars of their region. He also invited a group of prominent scholars and writers who were willing to collaborate on compiling this work, and after interviewing and examining them, he selected four qualified people and commissioned them to write this book. The selected authors were Sheikh Mohammad Mehdi Shams al-Ulama Abd al-Rabbadi, Mirza Abolfazl Savji, Mullah Abdul Wahab Qazvini, and Mirza Hassan Taleghani. Under the editorship of Sheikh Mohammad, Aliqoli Mirza saw the first volume of the book published during his lifetime. After his death, directorship of the project was handed over to Etemad al-Saltanah, who dismissed Mirza Hassan because of his Bábi beliefs. Etemad al-Saltanah managed to finish six volumes, up to the letter 38: 651:, Aliqoli Mirza, in addition to his personal library, used the large library of Aqa seyyed Ali, a merchant of Tehran, with local sources in various dialects, which the authors had to translate as accurately as possible. As explained in the preface, he set up a special framework for compiling biographies, which has some noteworthy points, including the scope of the encyclopedia — the history of all scholars of the Islamic world, in alphabetical order and written in chronological order for each person, explaining difficult terms and words. He inserted a rich selection of each person's works and translated them into Persian if necessary, mentioned anecdotes about them, wrote content in understandable prose for the general public, and avoided any prejudice. 311: 486: 941:, an intellectual and traveler, with all the criticisms he had of other high-ranking officials of the period, praised Aliqoli Mirza, stating that he was skillful, criticisable, and always ready to listen to suggestions. As an influential prince who could confront the shah's authority, he was able to withstand conservative pressure and displayed unorthodox views freely, especially in the areas of modern sciences and the study of religion. He patronised a generation of literary and cultural figures and even harbored non-conformists in his circle. 621: 586:, and managed to finish the first and most extensive volume before his death in 1879. After his death, Etemad al-Saltanah became the director of the project and published six volumes before it was abandoned in 1906–1907. Etemad al-Saltanah gained these positions with his obedience to the Shah, as he tended to censor all news of the state for Naser al-Din Shah in a sycophantic way and show others in a negative light to him; whereas Aliqoli Mirza, partly because of the support of Malek Jahan, never hid his opinions. 383: 498:
backlash from the clergy. Also, part of it was because Aliqoli Mirza belonged to the Government Consultative Council formed by Naser al-Din Shah in the early 1860s. As the minister, Aliqoli Mirza sent a group of forty-two students to France for further education in scientific, technical, and medical fields, and translated and published a few French articles in the
366:; Aliqoli Mirza was under strong suspicion when the royal guards found Abdol-Rahim Heravi hiding in his house. To discharge himself, he was pressured not only to surrender Abdol-Rahim, but to organise a raid by his servants on a Bábi meeting place in Tehran. However, Aliqoli Mirza mediated for Abdol-Rahim to only be imprisoned; he later took refuge in 346:, whose income was delivered to Malek Jahan and was used in her household. In 1848, Mohammad Shah died, and a council of statemen, called the People's Council – presided by Malek Jahan Khanom – was formed. Aliqoli Mirza was a member and also a candidate for premiership, along with Mirza Nazar Ali Khan. However, when the new Shah, 547:. As the telegraph grew speedily in Persia, Naser al-Din Shah in 1876–1877 created the telegraph office, with Aliqoli Khan Mokber al-Dowleh as its minister. Responsibilities for trade, mines, and industries were also assigned to new ministries, although for a time in 1876–1877, Aliqoli Mirza regained control of the mines. 948:, who with the help of the prince was introduced to the court of the Shah; the essayist Mirza Taher Isfahani; and Mirza Ahmad Kashani, a teacher of traditional medicine in Dar ul-Funun. His opponents generally accused him and his literary circle of nocturnal gatherings and hedonistic proclivities, including 1719: 581:
at the Shah's side, as he himself was becoming a less important figure for Naser al-Din Shah, especially after the death of Malek Jahan Khanom in 1873. He formed a rivalry with Etemad al-Saltanah when the latter became "the chronicler of the court" by the Shah's orders. In 1877, most of the positions
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Though by the standards of Amir Kabir's statesmanship, the achievements of his long tenure as minister were meager, he nevertheless was a realistic conduit for modernisation at a time when external and internal conditions were not favourable for such change. His career traits of cultural nationalism
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as his chosen prime minister, the council was abolished. Mirza Nazar Ali was sent into exile and Malek Jahan's official role was severely reduced, but Aliqoli Mirza retained his position as her minister. However, his initial presence on the council made Amir Kabir mistrust him, which persisted until
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Aliqoli Mirza has been described as one of the most influential intellectuals of the Qajar era. Across his many positions, his motivation was to spread modern European ideas in Iran and avoid the usual court quarrels. He was able to integrate aspects of modern European technological and educational
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was written at a time when Aliqoli Mirza had been accused of being a Bábi and had received threats from the public. The early version of the book was published as an answer to the accusers, and was read in the court in front of Naser al-Din Shah. The Shah, who was pleased with Aliqoli Mirza's work,
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is still used by scholars and writers. This work was the first group effort of the new era in Iran, which was created with specific plans, ideas and budgets under the full supervision of the government. A special unit of the Ministry of Science, the Nameh-ye Daneshvaran Compilation Assembly, wrote
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In 1860, Naser al-Din Shah created the Ministry of Sciences and, on the advice of his mother, appointed Aliqoli Mirza as Persia's first Minister of Sciences. His decision mainly was due to Aliqoli Mirza's mixed support for aspects of both modernity and tradition, since the Shah wanted to prevent a
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was in 1852 or 1853, when he was appointed as a chief examiner and inspector to Amir Kabir's new government college. Although he was no longer in the service of Malek Jahan, he maintained good relations with her to avoid losing his powerful ally. He even married Mah Sultan Khanum, a dancer of the
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Aliqoli Mirza later criticised many of his earlier opinions in the work, and described his "one-sided" writing style as traditional historiography. Aliqoli Mirza would become the pioneer of so-called Modern Historiography. He described his new technique as "abandoning the use of obligatory and
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By the end of the decade, he became the supervisor of education and crafts; director of a European-model public hospital in Dar ul-Funun, and director of government newspapers and printing houses in Tehran and in the provinces. He built telegraph lines and modern factories, and he governed his
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established the Ministry of Science and appointed Aliqoli Mirza as its first Minister of Science. He served for 22 years and held various other positions, such as Minister of Mines and supervisor of education and crafts. He was responsible for building Persia's first telegraph line, he ran the
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came from personal correspondence with the Armenian patriarchs and visiting the cathedrals in Tehran. Aliqoli Mirza also describes the history of the claimants of prophethood, and wrote the biographies of several of them. This account had a short section about Bábism, taken from
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a weekly newspaper founded in 1866, under the editorship of Hakim Semnani. In the beginning it was intended to reflect public opinion, but it soon turned into a literary journal, and published biographical articles on classical and contemporary Persian poets.
374:. Although Aliqoli Mirza may have collaborated with Amir Kabir's opponents, there is no evidence to support the idea that he was among those who plotted Amir Kabir's dismissal and execution. He even stated that with Amir Kabir's death, "Persia, too, died." 502:, Persia's first scholarly journal. This government-funded group, the only one organized during the reign of Naser al-Din Shah, was selected entirely on the basis of their scholarly worth rather than family status. In 1860–1861, Aliqoli Mirza appointed 569:, but was disappointed to find out that he was acting as an "obsequious propaganda puppet", in his words, and resigned from his position. Afterwards, he joined the opposition of Sepahsalar, mostly because of his fear of losing his positions. 244: from Tbilisi, Gol-Pirhan Khanum. He received the traditional princely education and possibly learned the basics of modern sciences while serving as an attendant in his father's court. Aliqoli Mirza was closest to his younger brother, 582:
held by Aliqoli Mirza in the fields of culture, journalism, and press surveillance were transferred to Etemad al-Saltanah by order of the Shah; Aliqoli Mirza intended to recover the respect of Naser al-Din Shah with
811:. In addition, the scholars, poets, and mystics of the first Qajar era are mentioned in great detail. In his historiography, Aliqoli Mirza strongly favors some people and sharply opposes others, among these 283:. Khayyam had an influential role in Aliqoli Mirza's life, as, according to him, he never went to sleep without reading at least one of Khayyam's poems. Aliqoli Mirza witnessed the rise of 758:. This debate was on whether the rise of Báb was a result of Shaykhism, and thus Bábism could be the heir of Shaykhism, or whether Báb and his followers digressed from the trueness of 672:
Aliqoli Mirza wrote two books on the religions of Iran and Middle East with a history of the claimants of prophecy. One also contains a look at the history of the religions outside of
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pardoned him. However, he later rewrote the book into a historical account, containing information on how Bábism was formed and introducing some of its prominent figures, such as
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While Aliqoli Mirza wrote a variety of books on topics ranging from history to astronomy, his most important scientific work was a Persian-language interpretation of
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as the college's principal and manager of day-to-day affairs, and built a large library, filled with his books and books brought by foreign teachers. Encouraged by
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and publication of historical and scientific works about Iran, as well as in his implicit support in the early 1860s for dissident figures, such as his brother
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and the European teachers, in 1858 Aliqoli Mirza proposed to the Shah to build the first government-operated telegraph line in Persia, between Tehran and
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Aliqoli Mirza officially became the headmaster of Dar ul-Funun in 1858, and remained until the end of his life. He appointed the young
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and suffers from the same biases and inaccuracies as its source. The last section of the book is a debate between the prince and
457:. The telegraph line was engineered by Ahmad Karzbar, one of the teachers of Dar ul-Funun. In July 1859, when the Shah camped in 2099: 2130: 693: 863:. Aliqoli Mirza's progressive thoughts were very unusual for his era; he believed in the originality of human action and in 527:
estate, whose income he spent to expand Dar ul-Funun. In 1865–1866, Aliqoli Mirza had another telegraph line built between
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advances, without losing sight of the achievements of his own culture, and apply them with tact to the Qajar environment.
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In February 1850, Amir Kabir's agents exposed an alleged Bábi plot to assassinate both the prime minister and the
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and befriended many Bábists in his youth. One of them was Abdol-Rahim Heravi, who helped him gather a library.
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In 1873, when the Shah organised the Council of Benevolent Reforms on the advice of the new prime minister,
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Aliqoli Mirza accompanied the Shah on his trip to Europe in 1873 and was one of the signers of the
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Baghestani, Ismael (2009). "massive books of the Qajar era, case study: Name-ye Daneshvaran".
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Taheri, Mahbobeh; Sarafrazi, Abbas; Khajehmirza, Mahmoud; Asadbeigi, Ardeshir (Autumn 2020).
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Aliqoli Mirza was born on 7 December 1822, the forty-seventh son of Fath-Ali Shah with his
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Aliqoli Mirza entered the politics of Qajar Iran in the early 1840s when his nephew,
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college, he was the headmaster of the school and played a key role in its survival.
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praising titles and paying attention to the context and brevity of the history".
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Collection of articles of the first national conference on encyclopaedia in Iran
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Aliqoli Mirza's literary circles of 1850s and 1860s included the poet
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Shah's court, with her blessing. He also received the governorate of
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The young prince also had an interest in Iranian poetry, especially
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Life, works and historiography of Aliqoli Mirza Etezad os-Saltaneh
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Aliqoli Mirza also had many unpublished works, such as his divan
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Aliqoli Mirza wrote various works in different fields, including
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and tried to spread its ideals in Iran. During the heyday of the
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By the mid-1870s, Aliqoli Mirza noted the excessive presence of
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government printing house, and he held the governorates of
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and scholar who served as the first Minister of Science in
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Aliqoli Mirza died on 14 December 1880, and was buried in
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illustrations. Aliqoli Mirza also was the director of the
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Godarzi, Masoumeh; Dehghan Nežad, Morteza (Spring 2017).
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containing important information about the war with the
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Journal of Historical Perspective and Historiography
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Aliqoli Mirza died in 1880 and was buried in 202:History of events and accidents in Afghanistan, 436:History of Events and Accidents in Afghanistan 399:, previously Malek Jahan's estate, along with 1882: 442:, which he witnessed, an honourable failure. 377: 334:, appointed him regent and later minister to 150:of Iran. Aliqoli Mirza was fascinated by the 506:as the editor of Persia's official gazette, 204:the first Persian source that recorded the 183:Ruznameh-ye elmiya-ye dawlat aliya-ye Iran, 1889: 1875: 1776: 1736:: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( 1499: 1487: 1475: 1451: 500:Ruznameh-ye elmiya-ye dawlat aliya-ye Iran 325: 36: 1896: 619: 484: 381: 309: 1853: 1690: 1574: 1547: 1511: 1325: 1133: 613: 579:Mohammad Hasan Khan E'temad os-Saltaneh 2238: 1720:"EʿTEŻĀD- AL- SALṬANA, ʿALĪQOLĪ MĪRZĀ" 1717: 1094: 624:Aliqoli Mirza by an anonymous painter. 290:Aliqoli Mirza wrote his first book of 1870: 1763: 1744: 1678: 1651: 1639: 1610: 1562: 1535: 1523: 1463: 1439: 1397: 1385: 1373: 1361: 1349: 1337: 1313: 1284: 1272: 1260: 1248: 1236: 1184: 1172: 1160: 1121: 1106: 694:The Remaining Signs of Past Centuries 628:Aliqoli Mirza's most notable work is 572: 185:the first Persian scholarly journal. 1724:Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition 701:begins by narrating the movement of 520:Ruznameh-ye mellat-e saniya-ye Iran, 491:Ruznameh-ye Dowlat-e ʿAliyeh-ye Iran 1862:(in Persian). 197–198 (197): 69–80. 795:Aliqoli Mirza's first work was the 788: 508:Ruznameh-ye Dowlat-e Aliyeh-ye Iran 480: 412: 124: 13: 2266:Iranian people of Armenian descent 737:. Aliqoli Mirza's notes about the 608: 390:Aliqoli Mirza's first activity at 135:. He was the forty-seventh son of 14: 2282: 684:, and also specifically analyses 276:who was also his brother-in-law. 1802:Journal of Historical Researches 1667:Godarzi & Dehghan Nežad 2017 1628:Godarzi & Dehghan Nežad 2017 1425:Godarzi & Dehghan Nežad 2017 1302:Godarzi & Dehghan Nežad 2017 1225:Godarzi & Dehghan Nežad 2017 1204:Godarzi & Dehghan Nežad 2017 1146:Godarzi & Dehghan Nežad 2017 956:are visible in his patronage of 705:, which Aliqoli Mirza knew from 688:. Alqoli Mirza modeled it after 2261:19th-century Iranian historians 2246:Children of Fath-Ali Shah Qajar 1772:(in Persian). 36–37 (36): 1–18. 1711: 914:Joghrafiay-e Mahal-e Mazandaran 141: 822: 1: 1923:Mohammad-Ali Mirza Dowlatshah 979: 268:, and, of his own free will, 230: 2069:Emamqoli Mirza Emad-al-Dawla 1847:10.22051/HPH.2021.32333.1455 563:Mirza Hosein Khan Sepahsalar 355:the prime minister's death. 200:, the history of religions; 7: 896:under the pen name Fakhri; 558:, by royal decree in 1877. 423: 10: 2287: 378:Headmaster of Dar ul-Funun 352:Mirza Taqi Khan Amir Kabir 2217: 2191: 2165: 2144: 2108: 2082: 2006: 1915: 1904: 1770:Journal of Historiography 931: 504:Abu'l-Hasan Khan Ghaffari 350:, arrived at Tehran with 305: 104: 96: 86: 74: 62: 47: 42:Aliqoli Mirza, late 1870s 35: 28: 23: 2225:Mohammad Hassan Mirza II 1854:Yaghmai, Eghbal (1967). 916:on the geography of the 877:with an introduction of 250:Mirza Asghar Khan Afshar 1943:Ali Mirza Zel as-Soltan 1814:10.22108/JHR.2017.21389 326:Dispute with Amir Kabir 2074:Mohammad-Hossein Mirza 1718:Amanat, Abbas (1998). 908:on the history of the 906:Rasad Khane-y Maragheh 900:, a short treatise on 874:Discours de la methode 813:Abol-Qasem Qa'em-Maqam 754:, the third leader of 625: 591:Shah Abdol-Azim Shrine 494: 447:Reza-Qoli Khan Hedayat 387: 322: 152:European Enlightenment 2178:Mohammad Hassan Mirza 1898:Princes of Qajar Iran 1764:Amiri, Zahra (2008). 1745:Amiri, Zahra (2018). 974:Iranian Enlightenment 623: 488: 385: 313: 260:. He was also taught 225:Iranian Enlightenment 2116:Mozaffar ad-Din Shah 1860:Journal of Education 958:Nameh-ye Daneshvaran 950:Ehtesham ol-Saltaneh 920:mostly modeled from 910:Maragheh Observatory 744:Mohammad Taqi Sepehr 655:Nameh-ye Daneshvaran 649:Nameh-ye Daneshvaran 642:Mozaffar ad-Din Shah 638:Shah Nimatullah Wali 630:Nameh-ye Daneshvaran 615:Nameh-ye Daneshvaran 603:Mozaffar ad-Din Shah 584:Nameh-ye Daneshvaran 556:Nameh-ye Daneshvaran 535:that connected with 518:previously known as 516:Ruznameh-ye Mellati, 194:Nameh-ye Daneshvaran 2131:Nosrat al-Din Mirza 2095:Mohammad Taqi Mirza 1998:Mohammad Reza Mirza 1938:Mohammad Taqi Mirza 1908:Fath-Ali Shah Qajar 918:Mazandaran province 843:, an 1861 essay on 300:Ma'ater-e soltaniya 179:Ruznameh-ye Mellati 117:Aliqoli Mirza Qajar 91:Fath-Ali Shah Qajar 24:Aliqoli Mirza Qajar 2157:Malek Mansur Mirza 1983:Jalal al-Din Mirza 1968:Soltan Ahmad Mirza 1703:Taheri et al. 2020 1599:Taheri et al. 2020 1587:Taheri et al. 2020 962:Jalal al-Din Mirza 752:Karim Khan Kermani 748:Tarikh-e Qajariya, 739:Christians of Iran 626: 573:Downfall and death 495: 424:Eʿteżād-al-Salṭana 388: 336:Malek Jahan Khanom 323: 246:Jalal al-Din Mirza 125:علیقلی میرزا قاجار 30:Etezad os-Saltaneh 18:Etezad os-Saltaneh 2233: 2232: 2152:Mohammad Ali Shah 2100:Abdol-samad Mirza 2090:Naser al-Din Shah 1933:Hossein Ali Mirza 1732:cite encyclopedia 966:Mirza Malkam Khan 904:written in 1860, 599:Triumph of Tehran 595:Shirin al-Mamalek 552:Reuter concession 451:Mirza Malkam Khan 440:Battle of Khushab 433: 421: 210:Exir al-Tavarikh; 206:Anglo-Persian War 166:Naser al-Din Shah 114: 113: 100:Gol-Pirhan Khanum 2278: 1891: 1884: 1877: 1868: 1867: 1863: 1850: 1825: 1792: 1773: 1760: 1741: 1735: 1727: 1706: 1700: 1694: 1688: 1682: 1676: 1670: 1664: 1655: 1649: 1643: 1637: 1631: 1625: 1614: 1608: 1602: 1596: 1590: 1584: 1578: 1572: 1566: 1560: 1551: 1545: 1539: 1533: 1527: 1521: 1515: 1509: 1503: 1497: 1491: 1485: 1479: 1473: 1467: 1461: 1455: 1449: 1443: 1437: 1428: 1422: 1401: 1395: 1389: 1383: 1377: 1371: 1365: 1359: 1353: 1347: 1341: 1335: 1329: 1323: 1317: 1311: 1305: 1299: 1288: 1282: 1276: 1275:, p. 29–30. 1270: 1264: 1258: 1252: 1246: 1240: 1234: 1228: 1222: 1207: 1201: 1188: 1182: 1176: 1170: 1164: 1158: 1149: 1143: 1137: 1131: 1125: 1119: 1110: 1104: 1098: 1092: 926:Mu'jam Al-Buldan 894:Javaher-e Manzum 867:. He translated 797:Exir al-Tavarikh 790:Exir al-Tavarikh 636:and ending with 510:, known for its 481:Government roles 428: 426: 416: 414: 296:Exir al-Tavarikh 145: 144: 1797–1834 143: 126: 69: 66:14 December 1880 57: 55: 40: 21: 20: 2286: 2285: 2281: 2280: 2279: 2277: 2276: 2275: 2271:Qajar governors 2236: 2235: 2234: 2229: 2213: 2199:Fereydoun Mirza 2187: 2161: 2140: 2104: 2078: 2024:Djahangir Mirza 2002: 1993:Jahanshah Mirza 1988:Hasan Ali Mirza 1973:Seyfollah Mirza 1953:Emamverdi Mirza 1911: 1900: 1895: 1841:(25): 123–146. 1789: 1757: 1729: 1728: 1714: 1709: 1701: 1697: 1689: 1685: 1677: 1673: 1665: 1658: 1650: 1646: 1638: 1634: 1626: 1617: 1609: 1605: 1597: 1593: 1585: 1581: 1573: 1569: 1561: 1554: 1546: 1542: 1534: 1530: 1522: 1518: 1510: 1506: 1500:Baghestani 2009 1498: 1494: 1488:Baghestani 2009 1486: 1482: 1476:Baghestani 2009 1474: 1470: 1462: 1458: 1452:Baghestani 2009 1450: 1446: 1438: 1431: 1423: 1404: 1396: 1392: 1384: 1380: 1372: 1368: 1360: 1356: 1348: 1344: 1336: 1332: 1324: 1320: 1312: 1308: 1300: 1291: 1283: 1279: 1271: 1267: 1259: 1255: 1247: 1243: 1235: 1231: 1223: 1210: 1202: 1191: 1183: 1179: 1171: 1167: 1159: 1152: 1144: 1140: 1132: 1128: 1120: 1113: 1105: 1101: 1093: 986: 982: 970:Faramosh Khaneh 934: 922:Yaqut al-Hamawi 841:Falak al-sa'ada 825: 793: 670: 618: 611: 609:Literary career 575: 483: 475:Faramosh Khaneh 380: 328: 308: 233: 140: 67: 58:7 December 1822 53: 51: 43: 19: 12: 11: 5: 2284: 2274: 2273: 2268: 2263: 2258: 2253: 2248: 2231: 2230: 2228: 2227: 2221: 2219: 2218:8th generation 2215: 2214: 2212: 2211: 2206: 2201: 2195: 2193: 2192:7th generation 2189: 2188: 2186: 2185: 2180: 2175: 2169: 2167: 2166:6th generation 2163: 2162: 2160: 2159: 2154: 2148: 2146: 2145:5th generation 2142: 2141: 2139: 2138: 2133: 2128: 2123: 2121:Mass'oud Mirza 2118: 2112: 2110: 2109:4th generation 2106: 2105: 2103: 2102: 2097: 2092: 2086: 2084: 2083:3rd generation 2080: 2079: 2077: 2076: 2071: 2066: 2061: 2056: 2051: 2049:Ardashir Mirza 2046: 2041: 2039:Eskandar Mirza 2036: 2034:Fereydun Mirza 2031: 2026: 2021: 2016: 2010: 2008: 2007:2nd generation 2004: 2003: 2001: 2000: 1995: 1990: 1985: 1980: 1975: 1970: 1965: 1963:Sayf ol-Dowleh 1960: 1955: 1950: 1948:Abdollah Mirza 1945: 1940: 1935: 1930: 1925: 1919: 1917: 1916:1st generation 1913: 1912: 1905: 1902: 1901: 1894: 1893: 1886: 1879: 1871: 1865: 1864: 1851: 1837:(in Persian). 1826: 1804:(in Persian). 1793: 1787: 1774: 1761: 1755: 1742: 1713: 1710: 1708: 1707: 1705:, p. 145. 1695: 1683: 1681:, p. 123. 1671: 1656: 1644: 1632: 1615: 1603: 1601:, p. 129. 1591: 1589:, p. 126. 1579: 1567: 1552: 1540: 1528: 1516: 1504: 1492: 1480: 1468: 1456: 1444: 1429: 1402: 1390: 1378: 1366: 1354: 1342: 1330: 1318: 1306: 1289: 1277: 1265: 1253: 1241: 1229: 1208: 1189: 1177: 1165: 1150: 1138: 1126: 1111: 1099: 983: 981: 978: 933: 930: 898:Arz al-Baladin 887:British Empire 824: 821: 792: 787: 678:Zoroastrianism 669: 660: 617: 612: 610: 607: 574: 571: 482: 479: 379: 376: 360:Imam of Friday 327: 324: 321:, circa 1840s. 307: 304: 292:historiography 232: 229: 215:; and his own 112: 111: 106: 102: 101: 98: 94: 93: 88: 84: 83: 78: 72: 71: 70:(aged 58) 64: 60: 59: 49: 45: 44: 41: 33: 32: 26: 25: 17: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 2283: 2272: 2269: 2267: 2264: 2262: 2259: 2257: 2254: 2252: 2249: 2247: 2244: 2243: 2241: 2226: 2223: 2222: 2220: 2216: 2210: 2207: 2205: 2202: 2200: 2197: 2196: 2194: 2190: 2184: 2183:Mahmoud Mirza 2181: 2179: 2176: 2174: 2171: 2170: 2168: 2164: 2158: 2155: 2153: 2150: 2149: 2147: 2143: 2137: 2134: 2132: 2129: 2127: 2124: 2122: 2119: 2117: 2114: 2113: 2111: 2107: 2101: 2098: 2096: 2093: 2091: 2088: 2087: 2085: 2081: 2075: 2072: 2070: 2067: 2065: 2062: 2060: 2059:Khanlar Mirza 2057: 2055: 2052: 2050: 2047: 2045: 2044:Khosrow Mirza 2042: 2040: 2037: 2035: 2032: 2030: 2027: 2025: 2022: 2020: 2017: 2015: 2014:Mohammad Shah 2012: 2011: 2009: 2005: 1999: 1996: 1994: 1991: 1989: 1986: 1984: 1981: 1979: 1978:Aliqoli Mirza 1976: 1974: 1971: 1969: 1966: 1964: 1961: 1959: 1956: 1954: 1951: 1949: 1946: 1944: 1941: 1939: 1936: 1934: 1931: 1929: 1926: 1924: 1921: 1920: 1918: 1914: 1909: 1903: 1899: 1892: 1887: 1885: 1880: 1878: 1873: 1872: 1869: 1861: 1857: 1852: 1848: 1844: 1840: 1836: 1832: 1827: 1823: 1819: 1815: 1811: 1807: 1803: 1799: 1794: 1790: 1788:9789645515223 1784: 1780: 1775: 1771: 1767: 1762: 1758: 1756:9786004671842 1752: 1748: 1743: 1739: 1733: 1725: 1721: 1716: 1715: 1704: 1699: 1693:, p. 79. 1692: 1687: 1680: 1675: 1669:, p. 39. 1668: 1663: 1661: 1654:, p. 10. 1653: 1648: 1641: 1636: 1630:, p. 29. 1629: 1624: 1622: 1620: 1612: 1607: 1600: 1595: 1588: 1583: 1577:, p. 78. 1576: 1571: 1564: 1559: 1557: 1550:, p. 77. 1549: 1544: 1537: 1532: 1526:, p. 80. 1525: 1520: 1514:, p. 76. 1513: 1508: 1502:, p. 66. 1501: 1496: 1490:, p. 65. 1489: 1484: 1478:, p. 64. 1477: 1472: 1466:, p. 71. 1465: 1460: 1454:, p. 63. 1453: 1448: 1442:, p. 60. 1441: 1436: 1434: 1427:, p. 27. 1426: 1421: 1419: 1417: 1415: 1413: 1411: 1409: 1407: 1400:, p. 57. 1399: 1394: 1388:, p. 54. 1387: 1382: 1376:, p. 52. 1375: 1370: 1364:, p. 51. 1363: 1358: 1352:, p. 45. 1351: 1346: 1340:, p. 37. 1339: 1334: 1328:, p. 74. 1327: 1322: 1316:, p. 38. 1315: 1310: 1304:, p. 26. 1303: 1298: 1296: 1294: 1287:, p. 35. 1286: 1281: 1274: 1269: 1263:, p. 28. 1262: 1257: 1251:, p. 22. 1250: 1245: 1239:, p. 21. 1238: 1233: 1227:, p. 25. 1226: 1221: 1219: 1217: 1215: 1213: 1206:, p. 28. 1205: 1200: 1198: 1196: 1194: 1187:, p. 17. 1186: 1181: 1175:, p. 16. 1174: 1169: 1163:, p. 14. 1162: 1157: 1155: 1148:, p. 24. 1147: 1142: 1136:, p. 72. 1135: 1130: 1124:, p. 13. 1123: 1118: 1116: 1109:, p. 12. 1108: 1103: 1096: 1091: 1089: 1087: 1085: 1083: 1081: 1079: 1077: 1075: 1073: 1071: 1069: 1067: 1065: 1063: 1061: 1059: 1057: 1055: 1053: 1051: 1049: 1047: 1045: 1043: 1041: 1039: 1037: 1035: 1033: 1031: 1029: 1027: 1025: 1023: 1021: 1019: 1017: 1015: 1013: 1011: 1009: 1007: 1005: 1003: 1001: 999: 997: 995: 993: 991: 989: 984: 977: 975: 971: 967: 963: 959: 953: 951: 947: 942: 940: 929: 927: 923: 919: 915: 911: 907: 903: 899: 895: 890: 888: 884: 880: 876: 875: 870: 866: 862: 858: 854: 850: 849:pseudoscience 846: 842: 838: 834: 830: 820: 816: 814: 810: 809:Mohammad Shah 806: 802: 798: 791: 786: 784: 780: 776: 772: 767: 763: 761: 757: 753: 749: 745: 740: 736: 732: 729:societies in 728: 724: 723: 718: 714: 713: 708: 704: 700: 696: 695: 691: 687: 683: 679: 675: 668: 664: 659: 656: 652: 650: 645: 643: 639: 635: 631: 622: 616: 606: 604: 600: 596: 592: 587: 585: 580: 570: 568: 564: 559: 557: 553: 548: 546: 543:lines in the 542: 538: 534: 530: 524: 521: 517: 513: 509: 505: 501: 492: 487: 478: 476: 472: 468: 464: 460: 456: 452: 448: 443: 441: 438:, called the 437: 431: 425: 419: 413:اعتضادالسلطنه 410: 406: 402: 398: 393: 384: 375: 373: 369: 365: 361: 356: 353: 349: 345: 341: 337: 333: 332:Mohammad Shah 320: 316: 312: 303: 301: 297: 293: 288: 286: 282: 277: 275: 271: 267: 263: 259: 255: 251: 247: 243: 242: 238: 228: 226: 222: 218: 214: 211: 207: 203: 199: 195: 191: 186: 184: 180: 176: 172: 167: 164: 159: 157: 153: 149: 138: 137:Fath-Ali Shah 134: 130: 129:Qajar dynasty 122: 118: 110: 107: 103: 99: 95: 92: 89: 85: 82: 81:Qajar dynasty 79: 77: 73: 65: 61: 50: 46: 39: 34: 31: 27: 22: 16: 2126:Kamran Mirza 2054:Farhad Mirza 2029:Bahman Mirza 2019:Bahram Mirza 1977: 1958:Mahmud Mirza 1859: 1838: 1834: 1808:(1): 23–40. 1805: 1801: 1778: 1769: 1746: 1723: 1712:Bibliography 1698: 1691:Yaghmai 1967 1686: 1674: 1647: 1642:, p. 5. 1635: 1613:, p. 6. 1606: 1594: 1582: 1575:Yaghmai 1967 1570: 1565:, p. 4. 1548:Yaghmai 1967 1543: 1538:, p. 3. 1531: 1519: 1512:Yaghmai 1967 1507: 1495: 1483: 1471: 1459: 1447: 1393: 1381: 1369: 1357: 1345: 1333: 1326:Yaghmai 1967 1321: 1309: 1280: 1268: 1256: 1244: 1232: 1180: 1168: 1141: 1134:Yaghmai 1967 1129: 1102: 957: 954: 943: 935: 925: 913: 905: 897: 893: 891: 882: 872: 840: 826: 817: 805:Zand dynasty 796: 794: 789: 783:Baháʼí Faith 766:Fitna of Báb 765: 764: 762:'s beliefs. 760:Shaykh Ahmad 747: 731:eastern Iran 720: 710: 707:Ibn al-Nadim 699:Al-Mutanabin 698: 692: 682:Christianity 671: 667:Fitna of Báb 666: 663:Al-Mutanabin 662: 654: 653: 648: 646: 629: 627: 614: 588: 583: 576: 560: 555: 549: 525: 519: 515: 512:lithographic 507: 499: 496: 490: 444: 435: 392:Dar ul-Funun 389: 372:Fitna of Báb 371: 368:Ottoman Iraq 357: 348:Naser al-Din 329: 319:Sani al Mulk 314: 299: 295: 289: 281:Omar Khayyam 278: 266:horse riding 239: 234: 213:Fitna of Báb 212: 209: 201: 198:Al-Mutanabin 197: 193: 187: 182: 178: 160: 156:Dar ul-Funun 116: 115: 68:(1880-12-14) 29: 15: 2256:1880 deaths 2251:1822 births 2209:Hamid Mirza 2136:Ahmad Mirza 2064:Firuz Mirza 1928:Abbas Mirza 1726:. New York. 1095:Amanat 1998 939:Hajj Sayyah 823:Other works 779:Baháʼu'lláh 775:Subh-i-Azal 735:Afghanistan 471:Freemasonry 467:Malkam Khan 2240:Categories 2173:Ahmad Shah 1822:1244446711 1679:Amiri 2018 1652:Amiri 2008 1640:Amiri 2008 1611:Amiri 2008 1563:Amiri 2008 1536:Amiri 2008 1524:Amiri 2018 1464:Amiri 2018 1440:Amiri 2018 1398:Amiri 2018 1386:Amiri 2018 1374:Amiri 2018 1362:Amiri 2018 1350:Amiri 2018 1338:Amiri 2018 1314:Amiri 2018 1285:Amiri 2018 1273:Amiri 2018 1261:Amiri 2018 1249:Amiri 2018 1237:Amiri 2018 1185:Amiri 2018 1173:Amiri 2018 1161:Amiri 2018 1122:Amiri 2018 1107:Amiri 2018 980:References 881:'s works. 712:Al-Fihrist 676:, such as 567:parliament 539:lines and 473:-inspired 459:Soltaniyeh 344:Azerbaijan 231:Early life 133:Qajar Iran 54:1822-12-07 2204:Ali Mirza 869:Descartes 865:free will 845:astrology 833:astronomy 756:Shaykhism 722:Shahnameh 647:To write 418:romanized 405:Tuyserkan 175:Tuyserkan 161:In 1860, 861:Avicenna 801:Keyumars 781:and his 727:Buddhist 717:Ferdowsi 690:Biruni's 545:Caucasus 340:Khalkhal 258:Voltaire 254:Rousseau 237:Armenian 105:Religion 902:geodesy 829:history 771:Táhirih 541:Russian 537:British 529:Bushehr 432:  420::  409:Persian 401:Malayer 262:archery 171:Malayer 121:Persian 1820:  1785:  1753:  932:Legacy 912:, and 879:Newton 859:, and 857:Farabi 853:Biruni 837:poetry 835:, and 703:Mazdak 686:Bábism 463:Zanjan 455:Tabriz 364:Tehran 306:Career 285:Bábism 270:French 190:Newton 97:Mother 87:Father 946:Qaani 847:as a 674:Islam 533:Jolfa 397:Tarom 317:, by 241:kanīz 217:diwan 109:Islam 76:House 1818:OCLC 1783:ISBN 1751:ISBN 1738:link 964:and 773:and 733:and 715:and 680:and 665:and 658:it. 634:Shin 531:and 430:lit. 403:and 274:Sufi 256:and 181:and 173:and 163:Shah 148:King 63:Died 48:Born 1843:doi 1810:doi 968:'s 924:'s 746:'s 719:'s 709:'s 469:'s 362:of 342:in 302:". 221:Ray 146:), 2242:: 1858:. 1839:30 1833:. 1816:. 1800:. 1768:. 1734:}} 1730:{{ 1722:. 1659:^ 1618:^ 1555:^ 1432:^ 1405:^ 1292:^ 1211:^ 1192:^ 1153:^ 1114:^ 987:^ 976:. 928:. 871:' 855:, 839:. 831:, 785:. 427:, 415:, 411:: 294:, 264:, 227:. 208:; 142:r. 123:: 1910:. 1890:e 1883:t 1876:v 1849:. 1845:: 1824:. 1812:: 1806:9 1791:. 1759:. 1740:) 1097:. 139:( 119:( 56:) 52:(

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House
Qajar dynasty
Fath-Ali Shah Qajar
Islam
Persian
Qajar dynasty
Qajar Iran
Fath-Ali Shah
King
European Enlightenment
Dar ul-Funun
Shah
Naser al-Din Shah
Malayer
Tuyserkan
Newton
Anglo-Persian War
diwan
Ray
Iranian Enlightenment
Armenian
kanīz
Jalal al-Din Mirza
Mirza Asghar Khan Afshar
Rousseau
Voltaire
archery
horse riding
French

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