Mohammad-Ali Foroughi

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Mohammad-Ali Foroughi.

Mohammad Ali Foroughi Zoka-ol-Molk ( Persian: 1877 - 1943, محمدعلی فروغی ذكاءالملك ) was a politician and Prime Minister of Iran. He was born to a family from Isfahan and studied at the élite school of Dar ol-Fonoon (دارالفنون - House of Sciences) in Tehran. In 1907 he became director of Tehran School of Political Sciences (Madraseh-ye olum-e siyasi).

In 1909 Foroughi entered politics as a member of Majlis (Parliament), representing Tehran. He subsequenty became speaker of the house and later minister in several cabinets.

Foroughi at the court of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

Foroughi was instrumental in the bringing to power of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi after Reza Shah was forced to abdicate (September 16, 1941) and exiled by the allied forces of the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union during the World War II. He then became ambassador of Iran in the United States of America. He died at the age of 66, shortly after Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ascended the throne. Foroughi is known to have been an Azali Bábí ^[1] and a freemason.

Books

Foroughi wrote numerous books, including

"The History of Iran",

"The History of the Peoples of The East",

"The History of Rome",

"Constitutional Etiquette",

"A Concise Course in Physics",

"Far-fetched Thoughts",

"The Wisdom of Socrates",

"The Path of Wisdom in Europe",

"Message to The West",

"Natural Music",

"The Art of Lecturing", and

a book on the Shahnameh (The Book of Kings).

Notes

References

• 'Alí Rizā Awsatí (عليرضا اوسطى), Iran in the past three centuries (Irān dar Se Qarn-e Goz̲ashteh - ايران در سه قرن گذشته), Volumes 1 and 2 (Paktāb Publishing - انتشارات پاکتاب, Tehran, Iran, 2003). ISBN 9-649340-661 (Vol. 1), ISBN 9-649340-653 (Vol. 2).

External links

• A short motion picture of Mohammad-Ali Foroughi, from the film archives of Anoshirvan Sepahbodi, Geneva, 1931: YouTube.

See also

• Pahlavi Dynasty
• List of Prime Ministers of Iran
• Abdolhossein Teymourtash
• Ali Akbar Davar
• Sayyed Hasan Taqizadeh
• Mohammad-Hosein Foroughi
• Mohsen Foroughi

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