Son of the Qajar Persian nobleman Abdol Hossein Mirza Farmanfarma and his wife Batoul Khanoum.
Abdol-Ali Mirza Farman Farmaian was born in 1932. He studied at the Oxford University in the UK with a degree in business. Upon moving back to Iran, he was involved in several industrial project, including the foundation of the Naft-e Pars Pars Oil Company which became Iran's largest private petrochemical factory. Prince Abdol Ali Farmanfarmaian died died in a ski accident at the Deezin Resort near Tehran in 1973, having left two issues, his sons Salman and Abu-Ali.
He served as the vice president for the Chamber of Industries.