Mohsen Sadr
Mohsen Sadr | |
|---|---|
 Sadr in 1945 | |
| 26th Prime Minister of Iran | |
| In office 6 June 1945 – 30 October 1945 | |
| Monarch | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi |
| Preceded by | Ebrahim Hakimi |
| Succeeded by | Ebrahim Hakimi |
| President of the Senate | |
| In office 11 September 1960 – 11 September 1964 | |
| Preceded by | Hassan Taqizadeh |
| Succeeded by | Jafar Sharif-Emami |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1871 Mahallat, Markazi province, Sublime State of Iran |
| Died | 19 October 1962 (aged 91) Tehran, Imperial State of Iran |
Mohsen Sadr (
Life and politics
He was born in Mahallat in Markazi in 1871 as the son of Seyyed Hossein 'Fakhr ol-Zakerin', a wealthy clergyman, by a daughter of Hajji Molla Akbar Khorassani. He received his title "Sadr ol-Ashraf' after the death of his paternal uncle Seyyed Sadr ed-Din 'Sadr ol-Ashraf', who had been the son-in-law of the very influential courtier Anoushirvan Khan Eyn ol-Molk (a cousin of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar).[4] Mohsen 'Sadr ol-Ashraf' served as royal tutor to one of Naser al-Din Shah's sons, and served in many senior government positions in his career, such as President of the High Court of Justice in Tehran, Governor of Khorasan, Speaker of Majlis, Minister of The Judiciary (five times), Prime Minister in 1945 and Senator (twice). After the death of Prince Abdol-Hossein Mirza Farmanfarma in 1939 he acted as the executor of the last will of Farmanfarma and guardian of his children.
Death
Mohsen Sadr died of brain cancer at the age of 91 in Tehran on 19 October 1962. He had three sons and seven daughters. His first child was "Abul Qasem Sadr". Hossein Eslambolchi, an Iranian-American experimental physicist and engineer, is the grandson of Abul Qasem Sadr and the great-grandchild of Mohsen Sadr.[3][5]
See also
References
- ^ aftabir.com
- ^ درباره صدرالاشراف Irna. (in Persian). Retrieved 9 March 2023
- ^ a b آسيه آل احمد iichs.org (in Persian). Retrieved 9 March 2023
- ISBN 90-5613-065-X
- ^ محسن. خاطرات صدرالاشراف' انتشارات وحید، ۱۳۶۴
External links
Media related to Mohsen Sadr at Wikimedia Commons- 'Alí Rizā Awsatí, Iran in the Past Three Centuries (Irān dar Se Qarn-e Goz̲ashteh), Volumes 1 and 2 (Paktāb Publishing, Tehran, Iran, 2003). ISBN 964-93406-5-3(Vol. 2).
- L.A. Ferydoun Barjesteh van Waalwijk van Doorn, "Mistaken Identities: Anoushirvan (Shir) Khan (Qajar Qovanlou) Eyn ol-Molk Etezad od-Doleh and Prince Ali Qoli Mirza Etezad os-Saltaneh," in: Qajar Studies II, Journal of the International Qajar Studies Association, Rotterdam/Santa Barbara/Tehran 2002, pp. 91-150. ISBN 90-5613-065-X
