Amīn al-Dawla

by Werner, Christoph

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ʿAbdallāh Khān Ṣadr Iṣfahānī b. Muḥammad Ḥusayn Khān Amīn al-Dawla (b. 1193/1779, Isfahan; d. 1263/1847, Najaf), was governor of Isfahan, minister of finance, and prime minister under Fatḥ ʿAlī Shāh Qājār (r. 1211–50/1797–1834). He came from a family of local magistrates (kadkhudās) from Isfahan. His father, Muḥammad Ḥusayn Khān Ṣadr, had risen swiftly from chief mayor (kalāntar) of Isfahan to provincial governor (beglarbegī). The rest of Muḥammad Ḥusayn Khān’s career, which included being chie…

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ʿAbdallāh Khān Ṣadr Iṣfahānī b. Muḥammad Ḥusayn Khān Amīn al-Dawla (b. 1193/1779, Isfahan; d. 1263/1847, Najaf), was governor of Isfahan, minister of finance, and prime minister under Fatḥ ʿAlī Shāh Qājār (r. 1211–50/1797–1834). He came from a family of local magistrates (kadkhudās) from Isfahan. His father, Muḥammad Ḥusayn Khān Ṣadr, had risen swiftly from chief mayor (kalāntar) of Isfahan to provincial governor (beglarbegī). The rest of Muḥammad Ḥusayn Khān’s career, which included being chief royal accountant, or minister of finance (mustawfī l-mamālik),

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  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

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  • wc:ALei885

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eng Islam

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Werner, Christoph

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