Sabar Mirza Farman Farmaian

Sabar Mirza Farman Farmaian (1912–2006) The first son of Persian Qajar nobleman Abdol Hossein Mirza Farmanfarma through Masoumeh Khanoum.

He was born in 1912 in Tehran. He quickly decided on medicine, becoming a doctor and specialising in malaria and studying it to great extent. He was a staunch supporter of Mossadegh during Iran's oil nationalisation in 1953. During this period he held the post of Minister of Health.

Government positions held

• Minister of Health

See also

• Iran
• History of Iran
• Qajar Dynasty of Iran
• Contemporary Medicine in Iran

Sources

• Daughter of Persia; Sattareh Farman Farmaian with Dona Munker; Crown Publishers,Inc.,New York,1992
• Blood and Oil: Memoirs of a Persian Prince; Manucher Mirza Farman Farmaian. Random House, New York, 1997.

External links

• The Qajar (Kadjar) Pages
• Qajars Dynasty Turkoman dynasty of the Shahs of Persia