Haji Washington
Hajji Hossein-Gholi Khan Noori (1849–1937),
Early life and education
Political career
He was appointed the first ambassador to the United States in 1889, where he kept a scrapbook of newspaper cuttings from the American press about the reigning monarch Nasir-ad-din Shah. He objected to how the Shah’s official visit to England in 1889 was covered by the press and he resigned from his post in protest. After his return from the United States, he served as the minister of public works ("favaayed-e aamme") and married Nasir-ad-din Shah’s daughter.
Diplomatic career
Haji Hossain-Gholi Khan was the Persian Consul General to India. In 1885, when the
He selected his staff of ten of the English-speaking members of the Iranian Foreign Ministry. It took him and his staff 2 months and a very difficult journey to arrive in Washington. He had a friendly attitude and a sociable nature. His reports were positive and illuminating. He managed to spark interest in Iran among American orientalogists.[4][5]
Later years
He returned to live in Tehran after his mission to the US.
- Haji Washington had one son named Nasrullah and two daughters named Mehr Mah and Taj al Molook who married Hossein Ghods-Nakhai, the Iranian minister of foreign affairs and ambassador to Washington in Pahlavi era.[2]
See also
- Hajji Washington, a fictitious film based on the story of the same politician.
Notes
- ^ electricpulp.com. "ḤĀJI VĀŠANGTON – Encyclopaedia Iranica". www.iranicaonline.org. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- ^ a b "حاجی واشنگتن". Rch.ac.ir. 2016-03-21. Retrieved 2018-08-17.
- ^ Iran and America: Re-kind[l]ing a Love Lost
By Badi Badiozamani, Badi Badiozamani, Ph.D.
Published by East West Understanding Pr., 2005
ISBN 978-0-9742172-0-8316 pages, PSRI
- ^ Foreign Office Bulletin Dated 1956, pp. 28–45]
- ^ The first Diplomatic Relations Between Iran and America, Abbas Eghbal, Yadegar Magazine, 1944]
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 978-964-93406-5-4(Vol. 2).