Samad Khan Momtaz os-Saltaneh

Samad Khan Momtaz os-Saltaneh
Prime Minister of Iran
In office 2 August 1918 – 20 August 1918
Preceded by	Hassan Pirnia
Succeeded by	Hassan Pirnia
Ambassador of Iran to France
In office April 1905 – March 1906
Appointed by	Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar
In office 5 March 1946 – 27 September 1951
Personal details
Born	1869 Tabriz, Iran
Died	1955 Tehran, Iran
Political party	Constitutional Movement
Religion	Twelver Shi'a Islam

Samad Khan Momtaz os-Saltaneh, or Momtaz ol Saltaneh (1869–1955) (in Persian : صمد خان ممتاز السطنه) was an Iranian diplomat of the Qajar and Pahlavi dynasty era.

Son of Ali-Akbar Mokrem os-Saltaneh, brother of Esmail Momtaz od-Dowleh,^[1][2] and Momtaz Homayoun, Samad Khan Momtaz os-Saltaneh was born in 1869 in Tabriz (Iran) in an Azeri family. He first married an Iranian. His son Abdollah would later become a diplomat in Iran. In a second marriage to a Frenchwomam, he had two daughters; one of them married a lawyer, the other, a magistrate. He died in 1955 in Paris and was buried at Père-Lachaise cemetery. In March 1921, Samad Khan was elevated Prince by Ahmad Shah with the title of Royal Highness. He was Grand Officier de la Légion d'honneur^[3],.^[4]

Career

In 1883, Samad Khan Momtaz os-Saltaneh was secretary of legation of Persia in Paris. He was embassy counsellor in St. Petersburg. He participated in the Nasser ed-Din Shah and then Mozaffar ed-Din Shah's travels to Europe. He was minister of Persia in Belgium and the Netherlands before being appointed Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Minister in Paris in April 1905. He remained at this position until March 1926. He never returned to Iran and chose to live in Paris. He was recognized by the French government as counsellor of the Iranian embassy in Paris from March 5, 1946 to September 27, 1951. He was Prime Minister of Iran from 2 to 20 August 1918.

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  Momtaz os Saltaneh

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  Ali-Akbar Mokrem os-Saltaneh (his father)

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  Abdollah Momtaz son of Momtaz os-Saltaneh

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  Momtaz os Saltaneh

Footnotes and references

1. ^ Esmail Momtaz od-Dowleh, On Tabrizinfo.com
2. ^ « Mirza Esmail Khan Momtaz od-Dowleh », Institute for Iranian contemporary historical Studies.
3. ^ Iranian delegation at King Edward VII funeral, Hakimi's family site
4. ^ Samad Momtaz ol-Saltaneh, On Tabrizinfo.com site

Related Article

• Qajar Dynasty

External links

• http://www.aafla.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv4n3/JOHv4n3h.pdf
• http://dl.lib.brown.edu/pdfs/1140813932999767.pdf (New Age Journal of THURSDAY, J U N E 2, 1910 see page 99, "Foreign Affairs"

By S. Verdad)

Preceded by Hassan Pirnia

Prime Minister of Iran 1918

Succeeded by Hassan Pirnia

Persondata
Name	Os-Saltaneh, Samad Khan Momtaz
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1869
Place of birth	Tabriz, Iran
Date of death	1955
Place of death	Tehran, Iran