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Farrok Khan Amin-Doleh (1814 - 1871)
Farrokh Khan Born 1814 Death 1871 served as the emissary to his Majesty Naser-Edin-Shah of the Qajar Dynasty to the courts of Napolean III and Queen Victoria. He was the first Iranian to become a mason while in office, and the fourth Iranian Mason (raised to the sublime degree by Napoleen III himself). Was appointed as the Marquee De Aminmolk by Emperor Napoleon III
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Abdullah Entezam-Saltaneh (1895-1983)
Abdullah was one of the most prolific politicians of Iran's 20th Century. A Diplomat of "Sterling Reputation", was close to the His Majesty Mohamad Reza Shah and could speak his mind freely with the sovereign. Abdullah was a sufi, Dervish and a Mason (founding member of Mehr Lodge and Independent National Lodge of Iran) and was regarded as an uncorruptable and simple person. Had his Imperial Majesty listened to the likes of Entezam, the Pahlavi Dynasty might have survived to today. His served as the chairman of National Iranian Oil Company, was the secretary of State and ambassador to Germany among his other roles. He was one of the 5 members of the Regency Council, ruling Iran in the Shah's absence.
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Nassrullah Entezam-Saltaneh (1897-1980)
Nasrullah Was a close confidant to the Shah, Empress Farah and Her Royal Highness Princess Ashraf. He like his brother was an influential politician and on several occasions disagreed with the sovereign on matters of state. He was the only Iranian to have had the honor of holding the chairmanship of the United Nations General Assembly for a term (1951). Nassy was a mason (founding member of Mehr Lodge and Independent National Lodge of Iran). Among the many duties he had, was Iran's permanent representative to the UN, ambassador to the U.S. while Mossadegh was premier, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Ambassador to France and Grand Master of Ceremonies under Reza Shah The Great. He was murdered by the Islamo-Nazi thugs ruling Persia temporarily.
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Hassan Ali Khan Moaven-Doleh II (1888 - 1976)
Hassan Ali Khan Moaven-Doleh was born in Tehran in 1888. He held many high level positions mostly in the foreign service segment during both the Qajar and the Pahlavi Dynasties. He was Iran's Ambassador to Aregentina, Brazil, Chile, Austria and Switzerland. He was also the chief of protocol during his Majesty Ahmad Shah of the Qajar Dynasty. He died in Tehran in 1976
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Kamal-Ol-Molk (1846 - 1941)
Kamal-Ol-Molk, Mohamad Ghaffari was one of the greatest Iranian Painters of Iran's recorded history. He was born in Kashan in 1846 and died in Mashad (Neishabur) in 1941. He was a mason (member of Adamiyat and Bidari Lodge of Iran)
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Dervish Sanctuary
The Ghaffaris have had an affinity for Dervishism and Sufism, in itself a form of silent rebellion against organized religion. Dervishes are sufis and for thousands of years have been involved with spiritual existentialism. Inside you will find the pictures of The Mirza Isiah Vazir's Khanegah and Mosque in Tehran and pictures of many of their leaders up to the current times.
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Gholam Hossein Khan Sahab Ekhtiar (1859 - 1949)
Born in (1276) 1859 AD. Was Minister (Secretary) of the Imperial Court and Minister of Justice during Mozafaredin Shah's rule. During Mohamad Ali Shah of the Qajar Dynasty. Was the Governor of Fars, Kerman and Tehran provinces. In Mostofi-Ol-Mamalek's cabinet he was the Minister (Secretary) of War. Appointed as Ahmad Shah's private secretary and general director of his office. Died Tehran 1949. He sided with the constitutionalists in the consitutional revolution of 1906.
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Moeze-Din - Governor of Kashan
Moezz-E-Din was the Governor of Kashan During the Rule of Karim Khan of the Zand Dynasty (Early 18th Century. This drawing is by Mirza Abolhasan Mostofi (Ghaffari)
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His Excellency Hume Horan (Entezam) (1934 - 2004)
Hume Horan was a leading Arabist in the US State Department and the US ambassador to Saudi Arabia, among other Arab Nations. He was the son of the Late Abdullah Entezam. Excellency Horan was born Seyed Mohammad Entezam, named after his Grandfather, Binesh Ali Entezam_Saltaneh. On his mother's side, Mary Robinson Hume, Hume's grand father was the Mayor of Georgetown and his great grand father was a diplomat during President Abraham Lincoln's administration. Hume served as the Senior Counselor to Ambassador Paul Jerry Bremer and the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, responsible for negotiating with the Shiite majority in the South and tribal affairs.
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Sani-Ol-Molk Ghaffari (1814-1866).
Mirza Abol-Hassan Khan Ghaffari Kashani, Known as Abol-Hassan the second, entitled Sani-Ol-Molk, son of Mirza Mohammad Ghaffari, the talented artist of the early 19th Century. He learned how to paint from Master Mehr-Ali Esfahani, the famous painter and Naqqashbashi of Fath-Ali Shah's court
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Farrokh Ghaffari (1921 - 2006)
Farrokh Ghaffari (1922-2006) was one of the first Iranian Neauveau film makers of the 20th century. His two most famous masterpieces were Jonoubeh Shahr and Night of the Hunchback. He was the son of Hasan Ali Khan Moavendolleh and was raised in Paris and Belgium where he also completed his film education. Before the 1979 Revolution he was one of the directors of the National Iranian Radio and Television and the General Director of the Shiraz Arts Festival
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Dr. AbolGhasem Ghaffari (1907 - )
Dr. Ghaffari is a brilliant Mathematician and was the senior Mathematician for NASA's Mercury/Gemini/Apollo Projects, responsible for trajectory caluculations that got man to the moon and back. He was a visiting professor at Harvard and in 1950, by an invitation from Harvard University and as a “Fulbright Scholar”, lectured on Differential Equations and continued his research on Gas Dynamics. In September 1952, he returned to Teheran University and lectured particularly on Ordinary Differential Equations and on the Differential Equations of Mathematical Physics. He has worked with Albert Einstein and J. Robert Openheimer
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Hossein Kalani (1940- )
Kalani was one of the most famous Iranian footballers of the 1960's and 1970's. He played for the National Iranian Soccer team and represented Persia in several Asian and European matches. Won the Asia cup with his team.
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Abdol Ali Ghaffari (1921-2002)
Ali was the General Director of His Majesty's Imperial Court up to February 1979. Before that he was the Chief of Staff to His Excellency Amir Abbas Hoveyda, Prime Minister. His other roles were: the Chief of Conferences in Iran, worked with Her Highness Princess Ashraf in the illiteracy campaign, the Chief of Staff to Abdullah Entezam when he was the Chairman of the National Iranian Oil Company and as a start to his career a junior member of the State Department (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) He and Hoveyda met and became life long friends in Belgium when he was a student in Geneva and Hoveyda was in Entezam and Ali Mansour's circle. Ali was a mason, in the Aftab Lodge, part of the Grand Lodge of Iran. For a while, in the early 80's, he was the leader of the Safi-Ali Shah Dervish sect.
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Not so Notables
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Abouzar Ghaffari (? - 652 AD)
Abouzar: Born ? Death 652 AD was one of the first three converts to Islam and fought alongside Mohammad (The murdering A-rab) throughout his Military campaigns and unfortunatley contributed to the devastating genocides of that Arab.
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