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Saad ad-Daula

Saad al-Dowleh
سعدالدوله
Samsam Saltaneh.jpg
Prime Minister of Iran
In office
1911 – 17 January 1913
Monarch Ahmad Shah Qajar
Preceded by Sepahsalar-e Tonekaboni
Succeeded by Mohammad Ali Ala al-Saltaneh
In office
1 May 1918 – 8 August 1918
Monarch Ahmad Shah Qajar
Preceded by Mostowfi ol-Mamalek
Succeeded by Vossug ed Dowleh
Personal details
Born 1846
Chaharmahal Province, Iran
Died 1930 (aged 84)
Isfahan, Iran
Religion Twelver Shi'a Islam

Najaf-Qoli Khan Bakhtiari (Persian: نجف‌قلی‌خان بختیاری‎‎) also known Saad al-Dowleh and Samsam al-Saltane (1846–1930), was an Iranian Prime Minister and a leader of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution. He was elected Prime Minister for two terms, first from 3 May 1909 to 16 July 1909 and again from 23 December 1912 to 17 January 1913, when he resigned from the office. He was a representative of Parliament of Iran from Tehran in the 4th Parliament. He was the older brother of Ali-Qoli Khan Bakhtiari. He died in 1930 in Isfahan.

He is reported to be a member of the Moderate Socialists Party but he was favoured by the Democrat Party at the time appointed as the Prime Minister and formed a pro-Democrat cabinet.


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