Mirza Hasan Ashtiani Mostowfi al-Mamalek (October 5, 1875 - August 28, 1932) was a Prime Minister of Persia.
From a important and wellknown family of highranking bureaucrats during the Qajar era, his father, Mirza Yousof Mostowfi al-Mamalek, too became a bureaucrat of the Qajar court and a Prime Minister. Upon his death, Nasereddin Shah granted the title Mostowfi al-Mamalek ("chief financier of the country") to the very young, but precocious, Hasan. When the nobility started to ridicule Hasan for being given such an important job/title at such young age, Nasereddin Shah, convinced of the young boy's talents, added the title "Aaqaa" (Sir) to Hasan's titles, thereby obliging the nobility to call him "Sir" every time they addressed him. He was since frequently referred to simply as "Aaqaa" in political circles. When 26, he was sent to Paris for his higher education, and soon climbed his way up the ladder of politics in Iran.
During the Persian Constitutional Revolution era, Mostowfi was appointed Minister 15 times, and Prime Minister 11 times.
One of his most formidable opponents in politics at the time was Hassan Modarres who made numerous efforts to pull down Mostowfi's cabinet.
Mostowfi's cabinet finally collapsed under pressure from political opponents despite the full backing of Ahmad Shah Qajar. His last post was in 1926 during the era of Reza Shah as Prime Minister of Iran.
He died in 1932 in Tehran and was buried in the family mausoleum in Vanak where there is currently a university named Alzahra University .
His descendants now bear the surname "Mostofi al-Mamaleki", "Mostowfi" or "Dabiri".
References
- Iran in the last 3 Centuries by Alireza Avsati. Published Tehran, 2003. Vol1 ISBN 964-93406-6-1 Vol2 ISBN 964-93406-5-3
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