Khodadad Mirza Farman Farmaian (8 May 1928 – 16 December 2015) was the son of the

Qajar The Guarded Domains of Iran, alternatively the Sublime State of Iran and commonly called Qajar Iran, Qajar Persia or the Qajar Empire, was the Iranian state under the rule of the Qajar dynasty, which was of Turkic origin,Cyrus Ghani. ''Iran an ...

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

nobleman Abdol Hossein Mirza Farmanfarma and his wife Hamdam Khanoum. During the

Pahlavi era The Imperial State of Iran, officially known as the Imperial State of Persia until 1935, and commonly referred to as Pahlavi Iran, was the Iranian state under the rule of the Pahlavi dynasty. The Pahlavi dynasty was created in 1925 and lasted ...

, he held the post of governor of the

Central Bank of Iran The Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran (CBI; ; SWIFT Code: BMJIIRTH), also known as ''Bank Markazi'', was established under the Iranian Banking and Monetary Act in 1960. It serves as the banker to the Iranian government and has the e ...

. He was the chief architect of the 1960s Iranian economic boom. However, he often dismissed

Mohammad Reza Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (26 October 1919 – 27 July 1980) was the last Shah of Iran, ruling from 1941 to 1979. He succeeded his father Reza Shah and ruled the Imperial State of Iran until he was overthrown by the Iranian Revolution, which ...

as incompetent. He fled to London during the 1979

Iranian revolution The Iranian Revolution (, ), also known as the 1979 Revolution, or the Islamic Revolution of 1979 (, ) was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979. The revolution led to the replacement of the Impe ...

. He died of lung cancer at the age of 87 in London, United Kingdom, on 16 December 2015.Khodadad Farmanfarmaian
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The Qajar (Kadjar) Pages
Turkoman dynasty of Shahs of 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. Qajar princes 1928 births 2015 deaths Exiles of the Iranian Revolution in the United Kingdom Iranian emigrants to the United Kingdom Governors of the Central Bank of Iran Farmanfarmaian family {{iran-politician-stub

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