Haji Mirza Ali Akbar Khan Ghavam Ol-Molk, I^{[1, 2]}

1785 - 1865  (80 years)

• Name	Ali Akbar Khan Ghavam Ol-Molk
  	Twin brother of Ali Reza Ghavam
  Title	Haji Mirza
  Suffix	I
  Birth	1785
  	According to a British document "Persian Statesman and Notables" Ghavam ol Molk I - Born 1789
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Mashhad, Iran
  	Became guardian of the Shrine of Emam Reza at Mashhad
  Occupation	1811	Shiraz, Iran
  	Kalantar of Shiraz
  Occupation	1840	Fars province, Iran
  	Beglar Beghi of Fars
  Death	1865
  Notes	Ali Akbar Khan, Haji Ebrahim's fourth son, who was young and was thought to have been dying of cholera, was spared Fath Ali Shah's revenge. He survived and returned to Shiraz, became very popular with the inhabitants of the city, and at their request was named Kalantar of Fars by Fath Ali Shah in 1812. Over the years he recieved additional honors and posts; in 1829-1830 he was awarded the honorific title Ghavam ol Molk (the pillar of the kingdom) on which the Family name is based. 1864 he was named administrator of the shrine of Imam Reza at Mashhad. Modern Iran - The Dialectics of Continuity and Change; Michael E. Bonine and Nikki R. Keddie. SUNY Mayor of Shiraz 1812 - 1865 Due to his popularity, Ali Akbar Khan, was appointed by the shah to be the mayor of Shiraz in 1812, a post he held till his death in 1865, gaining in the meantime the title Qavam al-Mulk.[33] He was succeeded by his son, `Ali Muhammad Khan. [33] William Royce, "The Shirazi Provincial Elite: Status Maintenance and Change," in Bonine and Keddie, Modern Iran, pp. 292-295; Olson, "Persian Gulf," in Bonine and Keddie, p. 417. One of his daughter married to Kheirollah Khan -e Nuri, nephew of Nasrollah Khan-e Nuri. Another one of his daughters married to Mohammad Gholi Khan, brother of Mohammad Ali Khan Ilkhani. According to a British document “Persian Statesman and Notables” Ghavam ol Molk I – The first of the family to receive the title. Born 1789 became Kalantar of Shiraz 1811 and Beglar Beghi of Fars 1840. Received Title in 1829 and became guardian of the Shrine of Emam Reza at Mashhad. Died 1865.
  Person ID	I25	Ghavami English
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2009

  
  

  Father	Haji Ebrahim Khan Kalantar (Etemad Ol-Doleh) Sadr-e Azam,   b. 1745   d. 15 Apr 1801 (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Hajieh Khadijeh Soltan Beigom
  Family ID	F190	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bibi Zeinab
  Children	+ 1. Mirza Mohammad Khan Beglarbeigi II,   b. 1812   d. 1853 (Age 41 years) + 2. Mirza Fathali Khan Sahebdivan I,   b. 1820   d. 03 Feb 1897 (Age 77 years)   3. Haji Hossein Ali Khan Nasir Ol-Molk I (Daryabegi),   b. 1821   d. 1893 (Age 72 years) + 4. Mirza Ali Mohammad Khan Ghavam Ol-Molk, II,   b. 1829   d. 1883 (Age 54 years)   5. Shams Jahan Khanoom   6. Gohar Malek Khanoom   7. Khanom Hajieh Sakineh Khanom   8. unknown 623   9. Rakhanedeb Khanom   10. Zibandeh Khanom   11. Hormat Ol Saltaneh Khanom   12. Khadijeh Soltan Khanom
  Family ID	F14	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2007

  
  

• Event Map

  Occupation - Became guardian of the Shrine of Emam Reza at Mashhad - - Mashhad, Iran Occupation - Kalantar of Shiraz - 1811 - Shiraz, Iran Occupation - Beglar Beghi of Fars - 1840 - Fars province, Iran  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Afifabad Golshan Garden, or Afifabad Garden This garden was one of the achievements of the Qavam family of Shiraz. The first builder was Mirza'Ali Mohammad Khan Qavam in 1863, the second Qavamo'l-molk, who in 1284 A.H. (1867 A.D) began the construction, and bought the Limak stream, which rises in Qasr-e-Qomsheh, about 15 kilometers distant, for irrigating the garden, after which it reaches several districts of Shiraz. This garden is situated at a distance of about two kilometers to the west of Shiraz, south of the Qasro'd-dasht Avenue. With great taste, cypresses, plane trees, firs, pine trees, willows and junipers have been planted there, and a magnificent building, with a spacious tiled lower floor, and a stone dado with carved figures of soldiers in relief, and numerous halls and rooms and verandahs, has been erected there. It houses a beaufiful edifice following a combination of Achaemenian and Qajar architectures. It was used as the ex-king's residence whenever he travelled to Shiraz. The building has two floors with plaster work.The lower floor of the building is now military museum.
  		Mirza Ali Akbar Khan Ghavam Ol-Molk I Mirza Ali Akbar Qavam ol-Molk Shirazi Chief Magistrate of Fars and Administrator of Imam Reza's Shrine, Mashhad Watercolor and Gold on Paper 22.5X32.5cm National Arts Museum, Tehran, Inv. No. 711
  		Emam Reza Shrine, Mashhad, Iran
  		Mirza Ali Akbar Khan Ghavam Ol-Molk I
  		Mirza Ali Akbar Khan Ghavam Ol-Molk I
  		Imam Reza Holy Shrine, Mashhad
  		Imam Reza Holy Shrine, Mashhad
  		Imam Reza Holy Shrine, Mashhad
  		Imam Reza Holy Shrine, Mashhad
  		Imam Reza Holy Shrine, Mashhad
  		Imam Reza Holy Shrine, Mashhad
  		Imam Reza Holy Shrine, Mashhad

  
  

  Documents		1000-famil.pdf 1000 (Hezar) Famil هزار فامیل
  		Haji Mirza Ali Akbar Khan Ghavam Ol-Molk, I Seal

  
  

  Histories		Bahais in Qajar Shiraz and Tehran Originally published in Iran: Journal of the British Institute of Persian Studies 37 (1999): 123-142
  		Autobiography and Silence: The Early Career of Shaykhu'r-Ra'is Qajar By Juan R.I. Cole

  
  

  Albums

  Imam Reza Holy Shrine, Mashhad (8) Imam Reza Holy Shrine

  
  

• Sources

  [S12] George P. Churchill, Persian Statesmen and Notables, (Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India 1906). [S13] William Royce, The Shirazi Provincial Elite: Status Maintenance and Change, (Olson), 292-295. Due to his popularity, Ali Akbar Khan, was appointed by the shah to be the mayor of Shiraz in 1812, a post he held till his death in 1865, gaining in the meantime the title Qavam al-Mulk. He was succeeded by his son, `Ali Muhammad Khan.