Mirza Yusuf Ashtiani

Mirza Yusuf Ashtiani
میرزا یوسف آشتیانی
Grand Vizier of Iran
In office
1880 (unofficial) 24 June 1884 (official) – 7 April 1886
MonarchNaser al-Din Shah Qajar
Preceded byMirza Hosein Khan Moshir od-Dowleh
Succeeded byMirza Ali Asghar Khan Amin al-Soltan
Personal details
Born1812
Died7 April 1886
NationalityIranian
Children
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Mirza Yusuf Ashtiani (1812 – 7 April 1886; Persian: میرزا یوسف آشتیانی) also known as Mostowfi ol-Mamalek (مستوفی الممالک) was the Grand Vizier of Iran during the reign of Nasser al-Din Shah and one of the most influential members of Qajar bureaucratic system at that time. He was from the conservative faction of the Qajar court and an opponent of Mirza Hosein Khan Moshir od-Dowleh and his reforms.

Mirza Yusuf Ashtiani, as one of the most influential members of Nasser al-Din Shah's court, played a role in many important events of his time, including the removal of Mirza Mohammad Khan Sepahsalar,[1] the poisoning of Hossein Gholi Khan Ilkhani,[2] the establishment of the Qajar bureaucracy and the expansion of Tehran.[3]

  1. ^ Abbas Amanat, Qebleh-ye 'ālam, p. 509
  2. ^ Mohammad Hassan Etemad Al-Saltanah, Memoirs of Etemad al-saltaneh, p. 120-122
  3. ^ Maser Yousufi, Biography of Mirza Yusuf Khan Mostowfi ol-Mamalek, p. 34