Amirteymour Kalali

Mohammad Ebrahim Mirza Amirteymour Kalali (5 October 1894 – 10 July 1988) (Persian: امیرتیمور کلالی‎‎), also known as Sardar Nosrat, was a prominent Iranian statesman and aristocrat.

For generations his family led the Teymouri clan, and his father, Amir Alimardan Khan, was granted the title of Nosrat al-Molk by his wife's (Princess Vajie-al-saltaneh) uncle, Naser al-Din Shah Qajar. He served as minister of interior in the cabinet of Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh from 1950 to 1953.

Amirteymour's eldest daughter, Naheed, married the Indian prince Iskander Mirza who also became the first president of Pakistan. His son, Mohammad Reza, served as Iran's ambassador to the United Kingdom, Soviet Union and India.

See also

• History of Persia
• Qajar Dynasty of Iran
• Abdolhossein Teymourtash
• Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari
• Abdol-Hossein Farmanfarma

Further reading

• Agheli, Bagher, Teymourtash Dar Sahneye-h Siasate-h Iran ("Teimurtash in the Political Arena of Iran") (Javeed: Tehran, 1371).
• Ansari, Ali, Modern Iran Since 1921: The Pahlavis and After (Longman: London, 2003) ISBN 0-582-35685-7.
• 'Alí Rizā Awsatí (عليرضا اوسطى), Iran in the Past Three Centuries (Irān dar Se Qarn-e Goz̲ashteh - ايران در سه قرن گذشته), Volumes 1 and 2 (Paktāb Publishing - انتشارات پاکتاب, Tehran, Iran, 2003). ISBN 964-93406-6-1 (Vol. 1), ISBN 964-93406-5-3 (Vol. 2).
• Cronin, Stephanie, The Making of Modern Iran: State and Society Under Reza Shah (Routledge: London, 2003) ISBN 0-415-30284-6.
• Ghani, Cyrus, Iran and the Rise of Reza Shah: From Qajar Collapse to Pahlavi Power (I.B. Tauris: London, 2000). ISBN 1-86064-629-8.