Mirza Saeed Khan Ansari

Mirza Saeed Khan Ansari
Sa'id Mo'tamen ol-Molk
میرزا سعید خان انصاری
Portrait of Sa'id Mo'tamen ol-Molk by Abu Torab Ghaffari, dated 1883.
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
1853–1873
MonarchNaser al-Din Shah Qajar
Preceded byMirza Mohammad-Ali Khan Shirazi
Succeeded byMirza Hosein Khan Sepahsalar
In office
1880–1884
MonarchNaser al-Din Shah Qajar
Preceded byMirza Hosein Khan Sepahsalar
Succeeded byMirza Mahmoud Khan Naser ol-Molk
Personal details
Born1816 (1816)
Died1884 (aged 67–68)
Tehran, Qajar Iran
Known for
Treaty of Akhal

Mirza Saeed Khan Ansari (Persian: میرزا سعید خان انصاری), or simply Sa'id Mo'tamen ol-Molk (Persian: سعید مؤتمن‌الملک) (1816 in Meyaneh (Ishlaq) – 1884 in Tehran), was the foreign minister of Iran (Persia) during the Qajar era under Naser ed-Din Shah Qajar between 1853 and 1873.[1] He is probably best known as a signatory of the 1881 Akhal Treaty.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Shaul Bakhash: Iran, monarchy, bureaucracy, & reform under the Qajars, 1858–1896, Ithaca Press for the Middle East Centre, St. Antony's College, 1978, 444 S., S. 386
  2. ↑ Adle, Chahryar (2005). History of Civilizations of Central Asia: Towards the contemporary period: from the mid-nineteenth to the end of the twentieth century. UNESCO. p. 469. ISBN 9789231039850.