Qavam family

The Ghavam (Qavam) family (Persian: خاندان قوام شیرازی) was an Iranian family in the Qajar era (1785–1925). They were descendants of Haj Ebrahim Khan Kalantar.[1] British secret documents and Nasser Al Din Shah Qajar[2] believed that the family was Jewish. Due to the family's wealth and political power, it was often said in Shiraz that "Before Reza Shah, Qavams were Shah here."[3] The surname Ghavam is borrowed from honorific title Ghavam-al-saltaneh from Qajar court, which means pillar or continuation of Kingdom.

Ebrahim Kalantar Shiraz was the first influential member of the family.
Qavam house in Shiraz built in the 19th century.
  1. ^ "موزه نارنجستان". Shirazu.ac.ir. Retrieved 2013-11-11.
  2. ^ Outcaste (RLE Iran D): Jewish Life in Southern Iran, Lawrence Loeb, p. 32, 2012.
  3. ^ Modern Iran Dialectics, By Michael E. Bonine Nikki R. Keddie, SUNY Press, 1981, page 293.