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.
See also
- Qajar Dynasty of Iran
External links
- The Qajar (Kadjar) Pages
- Qajars Dynasty Turkoman dynasty of the Shahs of Persia
Sources
- 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.
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