Abdol-Ali Mirza Farman Farmaian
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Abdol-Ali Mirza Farman Farmaian (1935–1973)[1] was an Iranian businessman and nobleman. He was the youngest[2] son of the Qajar Persian nobleman Abdol Hossein Mirza Farman Farma and his wife Batoul Khanoum.
Abdol-Ali Mirza Farman Farmaian was born on January 6, 1935. He studied at Oxford University[1] in England, earning a degree in business. Upon returning to Iran, he became involved in several industrial projects, including the co-founding (with his brother Cyrus)[3] of the Naft-e Pars Pars Oil Company, which became Iran's largest private petrochemical factory. Prince Abdol Ali Farman Farmaian died in an avalanche while skiing[4] at the Dizin Resort near Tehran February 2, 1973, leaving his daughter Mariam and his two sons Salman and Abu-Ali.[5]
He also co-founded the Chamber of Industries.[6]
See also
References
- ^ a b Library of Congress, Farmānfarmāʼiyān, ʻAbd al-ʻAlī, 1935-1973
- ^ "Blood and Oil", p.522
- ^ "Blood and Oil", p.347.
- ^ "Blood and Oil" p.401.
- ^ "Shahzdeh's Tree", Mitra Farman Farmaian Jordan, Seattle 1997, p. 154.
- ^ "Blood and Oil", p.347
- 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[permanent dead link] Turkoman dynasty of the Shahs of Persia
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