Haji Washington

Hajji Hossein-Gholi Khan Noori (1850-1899), also known as Hajji Washington (Persian: حاجی واشنگتن‎‎), was an Iranian politician, cabinet minister, and diplomat.

Hajji Hossain-Gholi Khan was the seventh son of the Persian vizier/prime minister, Mirza Agha Khan Nouri.He was educated by his exiled father .His father died when he was only 16 years old. He then entered the service of the Ministry of finance, and later the ministry of foreign affairs.

He was appointed the first ambassador to the United States in 1889, where he kept a scrap-book of newspaper cuttings from the American press about the reigning monarch Nasir-ad-din Shah. He objected to the manner in which 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.

Haji Hossain-Gholi Khan was the Persian Consul General to India. In 1885, when the Democratic Party took over the administration, Benjamin, the first US ambassador in Iran, resigned his post conforming with diplomatic practice. On November 20, 1885, President Cleveland appointed Fredrick H. Winston as Benjamin's successor. On August 3, 1886, Spencer Pratt was appointed as the third US Consul General in Tehran. At this time, Nasereddin Shah decided to open a permanent Iranian embassy in Washington. Haji Hossain-Gholi Khan was appointed as Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary to Washington

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