Mohammad Hossein Mirza Firouz
Mohammad Hossein Mirza Firouz | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Roads | |
| In office 27 January 1946 – 17 December 1947 | |
| Monarch | Mohammad Reza Shah |
| Prime Minister | Ahmad Qavam |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1894 Tabriz, Qajar Persia |
| Died | 1983 (aged 88–89) Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Russian Empire Pahlavi Iran |
| Branch/service | Imperial Russian Army Imperial Iranian Army |
| Rank | Brigadier general |
Prince Mohammad Hossein Mirza Firouz (1894–1983) KCVO (1919) was an Iranian prince of the Qajar dynasty. He was son of Prince Abdol-Hossein Mirza Farmanfarma and Princess Ezzat-ed-Dowleh daughter of Mozaffar al-Din Shah.
Biography
[edit]He was educated privately in Tehran and Tabriz. At the age of 12, he was sent with his elder brother, Firouz Mirza to Paris. In Paris he attended Lycee Janson de Sailly. He also studied at the military academies of Russia. He joined the Russian Army and served during World War I. Firouz returned to Persia after the Russian revolution. He was Governor-General of Fars 1941-1942 and Minister for Roads and Communications 1945–1946.
Government Positions Held
[edit]- Chief of military mission to India, 1942
- Governor-General of Fars (1st time), 1941–1942
- Governor-General of Fars (2nd time), 1944–1945
- Chief of military mission to the North African front, 1943
- Minister of Roads and Communications, 1945–1946
Honours
[edit]- Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Belgium (1919)
- Order of the Legion of Honour