Amir Kabir
| Mirza Taghi Khan | |
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| Chancellor of Iran | |
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In office 12 May 1848 – 13 November 1851 |
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| Monarch | Naser al-Din Shah |
| Preceded by | Hajj Mirza Aghasi |
| Succeeded by | Mirza Aqa Khan-e Nuri |
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| Born | 1807 Hazaveh, Farahan, Persia |
| Died | 10 January 1852 (aged 45) Kashan, Persia |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse(s) | Malekzadeh Ezzatodoleh |
| Religion | Twelver Shia Islam |
Mirza Taghi Khan Farahani (Persian: میرزا تقیخان فراهانی) known as Amir Kabir (Persian: امیرکبیر) (1807 – 10 January 1852), also known by the titles of Atabak and Amir-e Nezam; chief minister to Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (Shah of Persia) for the first three years of his reign and one of the most capable and innovative figures to appear in the whole Qajar period. Amir Kabir served as the Prime Minister of Persia (Iran) under Naser al-Din Shah. Born in Hazaveh and murdered in 1852, he is widely considered to be "Iran's first reformer", a modernizer who was "unjustly struck down" as he attempted to bring "gradual reform" to Iran. As the prime-minister, he also ordered the killing of many Babis and the execution of the founder of the movement, the Báb. In the last years of his life he was exiled to Fin Garden in Kashan and was murdered with command of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar on January 10, 1852.
Amir Kabir was born into a lowly household at Hazaveh in the Farahan district, now situated in Markazi Province of Iran. His father, Karbalaʾi Mohammad Qorban, entered the service of Mirza Abu'l-Qasim Farahani Qa'im Maqam of Farahan as cook, and when Mirza Bozorg was appointed chief minister to ʿAbbas Mirza, the crown prince, in Tabriz, Karbalaʾi Qorban accompanied him there, taking his son with him. Amir Kabir first assisted his father in performing domestic duties in the household of Mirza Bozorg, who saw signs of unusual talent in him and had him study with his own children. After he had learned reading, writing, and some mathematics, Amir Kabir, still an adolescent, was appointed by Mirza Bozorg to supervise his stables, a function he performed with efficiency. Mirza Bozorg died in 1237/1822 and was succeeded in the post of minister to the crown prince by his son, Mirza Abu’l-Qasem Qaʾem-maqam. Under his aegis Amir Kabir entered government service, being appointed first to the post of lashkarnevis [military registrar] for the army of Azerbaijan. In 1251/1835, he was promoted to the position of mostofi-ye nezam, becoming responsible for supervising the finances of the army of Azerbaijan; several years later he was put in charge of the same army’s provisions, financing, and organization with the title of vazir-e nezam.
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