Abol-Bashar Mirza Farman Farmaian

Abol-Bashar Mirza Farman Farmaian is the son of the Qajar Persian nobleman Abdol Hossein Mirza Farmanfarma and his wife Batoul Khanoum.

Abol-Bashar attended Columbia University in New York, where he studied law. He later moved to Janatabad, one of the Farman-Farma villages, and became the il-Khan, or leader, of the Zuleh Tribe in an effort to aid in their recent settlement in the area. Initially planning to stay indefinitely, he left within a few years, after having raised the living conditions in the area.

ee also

* Persia
* History of Persia
* History of Iran
* Qajar Dynasty of Iran

External links

* [http://www.qajarpages.org/ The Qajar (Kadjar) Pages]
* [http://www.islamicarchitecture.org/dynasties/qajars.html Qajars Dynasty] Turkoman dynasty of the Shahs of Persia

ources

*Farman Farmaian, Sattareh (with Munker, Dona). (1992). "Daughter of Persia", New York: Crown Publishers.
*Farman Farmaian, Manucher Mirza. (1997). "Blood and Oil: Memoirs of a Persian Prince", New York: Random House.