Mostowfi ol-Mamalek
| Mostowfi ol-Mamalek | |
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| Prime Minister of Iran | |
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In office 25 July 1910 – 12 March 1911 |
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| Monarch | Ahmad Shah Qajar |
| Preceded by | Mohammad Vali Khan Tonekaboni |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad Vali Khan Tonekaboni |
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In office 17 August 1913 – 14 March 1915 |
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| Monarch | Ahmad Shah Qajar |
| Preceded by | Mohammad Ali Ala al- Saltaneh |
| Succeeded by | Hassan Pirnia |
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In office 18 August 1915 – 24 December 1915 |
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| Monarch | Ahmad Shah Qajar |
| Preceded by | Abdol Majid Mirza |
| Succeeded by | Abdol-Hossein Mirza Farmanfarma |
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In office 16 January 1918 – 1 May 1918 |
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| Monarch | Ahmad Shah Qajar |
| Preceded by | Abdol Majid Mirza |
| Succeeded by | Najaf-Qoli Samsam al-Saltaneh |
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In office 15 January 1923 – 15 June 1923 |
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| Monarch | Ahmade Shah Qajar |
| Preceded by | Ahmad Qavam |
| Succeeded by | Hassan Pirnia |
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In office 13 June 1926 – 2 June 1927 |
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| Monarch | Reza Shah |
| Preceded by | Mohammad-Ali Foroughi |
| Succeeded by | Mehdi Qoli Hedayat |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
c. 1871 Tehran, Iran |
| Died | 1932 (aged 61) Tehran, Iran |
| Resting place | Alzahra University |
| Political party |
Revival Party (1920s) Democrat Party (1910s) |
| Spouse(s) | Esmat el Molouk |
| Children | Mirza Yousof Mostowfi al-Mamalek II |
| Religion | Islam |
Mirza Hasan Ashtiani, commonly know by the bestowed title Mostowfi ol-Mamalek (Persian: مستوفیالممالک, lit. 'Chancellor of the Realm'; c. 1871 – 1932) was an Iranian politician who served as Prime Minister on six occasions from 1910 to 1927.
Mostowfi al-Mamalek came from an important aristocratic and well-known family of high-ranking bureaucrats during the Qajar era, originally from the province of Ashtian. The family are said to have their origins with the Safavids. Mostowfi's father was Mirza Yousof Mostowfi al-Mamalek, a bureaucrat of the Qajar court, Nasseraddin Shah’s grand vizier and a Prime Minister. His father was also assigned to determine the new reaches of Tehran city when the population reached 150000. His grandfather was Mirza Hasan Mostowfi al-Mamalek I and was given the title of Mostofi al Mamalek under Mohammad Shah Qajar. Mostowfi was also second cousins with Mohammad Mossadegh.
One year before his father's death, Nasereddin Shah granted the title Mostowfi ol-Mamalek ("chief financier of the country") to the very young, Hasan. The Mostowfi ol-Mamalek family passed on the central office at the finance ministry from father to son throughout the 19th century and until the 1920s.
When the nobility started to ridicule Hasan for being given such an important job/title at such young age, Nasereddin Shah, convinced of the young boy's talents, added the title "Aaqaa" (Sir) to Hasan's titles, thereby obliging the nobility to call him "Sir" every time they addressed him. He was since frequently referred to simply as "Aaqaa" in political circles. However there is a source that suggests that it was his generosity that earned him the title "Aaqaa", rather than it being bestowed upon him.
His education began at the age of five under tutelage of Mahmud Khan Malekalshoara. He studied all customary subjects such as Arabic grammar and literature, but he also had a good command of the French language.
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