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477: 42: 303: 391:. Another term in the treaty was that Abbas Mirza was to become the indisputably legitimate heir to the Iranian throne. During the negotiations, Abol-Qasem had been determined to recover as much land as possibly, even agreeing to financially reimburse the Russians in order to keep Azerbaijan. The Iranian defeat changed Abol-Qasem's outlook on the Russians, as demonstrated in one of his 318:(died 1833), whose broad-minded and progressive outlook appealed to Abol-Qasem. Serving the crown prince with much loyalty and determination, Abol-Qasem accompanied Abbas Mirza in his wars and was the architect behind his attempted reforms. In 1823, Abol-Qasem played a part in negotiating a peace treaty with the 208:. After the death of his father, Abol-Qasem inherited his titles and offices. He accompanied Abbas Mirza in his wars and was the architect behind his attempted reforms. Abol-Qasem also engaged in the diplomatic affairs of Iran, being part of the negotiations that led to the 476: 544:
jurists from Iraq, includes an introduction where Abol-Qasem emphasized the importance of jihad. He argued that it was a collective religious duty to counter the "disorder brought by the Russian nation within the Guarded Domain."
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The almost total annihilation of the Iranian army and the taxing Russian demands caused further difficulties to Fath-Ali Shah and Abbas Mirza. Ali Mirza Shaja ol-Saltaneh, a son of Fath-Ali Shah and governor-general of
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developed a new political meaning during the Russo-Persian Wars, when it was adopted as a practical means of demanding the defense of Iranian territory against foreign invasion. In Tabriz, a book compiled from a
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and later grand vizier. In 1833, Abbas Mirza died, which led to his eldest son Mohammad Mirza being declared the new heir to the throne. In 1834, Abol-Qasem was assigned to lead the besiegement of the
449:. Abol-Qasem became the first grand vizier of Mohammad Shah, but he had already started to gain additional adversaries as well lose his influence. He was already disliked by the British and Russian 355:. He was eventually reinstated once again and assigned to negotiate a peace treaty with Russia, who had inflicted a crushing defeat on the Iranians during the war, occupying parts of the 453:
due to his opposition to foreign and domestic pressure, and by the Davalu faction of the Qajars for his policy of centralization. Through the instigation of Mohammad Shah's tutor
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In order to create prose that resembled a political slogan and acted as a encouragement to defend Iran, Abol-Qasem experimented with words that rhymed with
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in central Iran, a region notable for its high literacy and proficiency in statesmanship. From an early age, Abol-Qasem showed his skill in poetry, writing
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office through statesman such as the Qa'em-Maqam family. The works of Abol-Qasem indicate that he saw the Persian vizier of the
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Amanat, Abbas (1993). ""Russian Intrusion into the Guarded Domain": Reflections of a Qajar Statesman on European Expansion".
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Abol-Qasem is viewed in a positive light in both contemporary and modern historiography. The Scottish traveler and writer
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In order to secure Mohammad Shah's accession, Abol-Qasem had five of his brothers jailed in the city of
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After the death of his father in 1821, Abol-Qasem succeeded him as the minister of the crown prince
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Hambly, Gavin R. G. (1991). "Iran during the reigns of Fath 'Alī Shāh and Muhammad Shāh". In
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Iran at War: Interactions with the Modern World and the Struggle with Imperial Russia
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rulers and one of the leading statesmen under the Qajars. The family was native to
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Pivot of the Universe: Nasir Al-Din Shah Qajar and the Iranian Monarchy, 1831-1896
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to a family of bureaucrats. He was the son of Mirza Isa Farahani (better known as
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The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 7: From Nadir Shah to the Islamic Republic
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Abol-Qasem was a prominent prose-writer, with his most notable works being his
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Encyclopædia Iranica, Volume III: Ātaš–Bayhaqī, Ẓahīr-al-Dīn
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In the same year, Fath-Ali Shah appointed Abol-Qasem as the
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Frontier Fictions: Shaping the Iranian Nation, 1804–1946
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A few months later, Abol-Qasem had the brothers 204:, who served as the minister of the crown prince 1265: 414:(died 1092) as his rolemodel during his term as 556:) to the Qajar domains was considered ominous ( 460:The founder and editor of the weekly newspaper 950:Making and Remaking Empire in Early Qajar Iran 1084: 716: 589:The distinguished and progressive politician 258:Abol-Qasem was born in 1779 in the city of 200:(died 1821), a leading statesmen under the 1183:The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition 1157: 1015: 988:: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( 677: 192:Belonging to a family of bureaucrats from 40: 1213:Journal of the American Oriental Society 567: 475: 301: 1239: 1063: 967: 851: 755: 14: 1266: 1210: 1108: 1034: 996: 946: 927: 905: 839: 827: 815: 791: 779: 767: 740: 728: 704: 692: 660: 645: 633: 1135: 878: 863: 803: 621: 484:("Treatise on holy war"). Written in 167:Mirza Abol-Qasem Qa'em-Maqam Farahani 1191:. Leiden: E. J. Brill. p. 462. 181:; 1779 – 1835), also known as 178: 24: 1204: 471: 363:(including its provincial capital 25: 1330: 480:1817 manuscript of Qa'em-Maqam's 179:میرزا ابوالقاسم قائم‌مقام فراهانی 27:Iranian official and prose writer 1314:19th-century Iranian politicians 540:, authored by two distinguished 1309:19th-century executions by Iran 1067:Modern Persian Prose Literature 1016:Garthwaite, Gene Ralph (2005). 997:Cronin, Stephanie, ed. (2013). 342: 310:by Karl Petrovich Beggrov, 1828 245: 1094:. Princeton University Press. 1070:. Cambridge University Press. 953:. Cambridge University Press. 552:. The threat posed by Russia ( 353:Russo-Persian War of 1826–1828 13: 1: 1299:People executed by Qajar Iran 1141:History of Iranian Literature 596: 253: 266:), a former official of the 196:, Abol-Qasem was the son of 88:Abdollah Khan Amin ol-Dowleh 7: 430:) accession to the throne. 351:during the entirety of the 10: 1335: 1111:"Adīb-al-mamālek Farāhānī" 1047:Cambridge University Press 872: 492:, the book covers all the 1158:Zarrinkoob, A.H. (1978). 932:. Yale University Press. 160: 143: 130: 114: 109: 105: 93: 81: 71: 60: 52: 48: 39: 32: 1161:"Ḳāʾim-Maḳām-i Farāhānī" 1143:. Springer Netherlands. 1109:Rahman, Munibur (1983). 466:Adib al-Mamalek Farahani 264:Mirza Bozorg Qa'em-Maqam 198:Mirza Bozorg Qa'em-Maqam 151:Mirza Bozorg Qa'em-Maqam 1304:Politicians from Tehran 1294:Executed Iranian people 1289:Prime ministers of Iran 1086:Kashani-Sabet, Firoozeh 529:Guarded Domains of Iran 504:(holy war) against the 297: 292:Mirza Shafi Mazandarani 978:. 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Index

Ghaem Magham Farahani

Qajar Iran
Mohammad Shah Qajar
Abdollah Khan Amin ol-Dowleh
Haji Mirza Aqasi
Tehran
Zand Iran
Qajar Iran
Mirza Bozorg Qa'em-Maqam
Persian
Persian literature
Farahan
Mirza Bozorg Qa'em-Maqam
Qajars
Abbas Mirza
Treaty of Erzurum
Ottomans
Treaty of Turkmenchay
Russians
grand vizier
Qajar
shah
Mohammad Shah Qajar
Tehran
Mirza Bozorg Qa'em-Maqam
Zand
Farahan
qasidas
pen name

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