Hossein Makki
Hossein Makki | |
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Tehran | |
In office 12 June 1947 – 28 July 1949 | |
Constituency | Arak |
Personal details | |
Born | Seyyed Hossein Makki 1911[1] Meybod, Iran[1] |
Died | 8 December 1999[1] Tehran, Iran | (aged 87–88)
Resting place | Behesht-e Zahra |
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Military service | |
Allegiance | Iran |
Branch/service | Air Force |
Rank | Sergeant major |
Parliament of Iran for three consecutive terms from 1947 to 1953.
The son of a Imperial Iranian Air Force.[3]
He began his career as a journalist in 1941nationalization of the Iran oil industry movement and delivered a filibustering speech that took four days to prevent the oil agreement. He later broke away from Mossadegh and the National Front.[2]
He was briefly imprisoned in 1955 and spent the rest of his life writing about Iranian history,[1] most notably the best-selling eight-volume series Tāriḵ-e bist sāla-ye Irān (Twenty Year History of Iran).[2]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1107076068.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-59558-826-5.
- ISBN 0815630182.