TEHRAN (IRNA) – January 10 is the reminder of the murder of Mirza Taghi Khan Farahani, better known as Amir Kabir, prime minister to Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, who was one of the most prominent figures of the Qajar Dynasty and a great memorable politician of Iran’s history.
Although Amir Kabir’s tenure as the chief minister was less than four years, he played a key role in hindering foreign interference in the internal affairs of the country, upgrading the health situation of the Iranian society, establishing the Darolfonoon High School to promote innovation in education, contributing to the publication of Vaqaye Ettefaqiyeh newspaper, and creating Chapar Khaneh (postal service system).
Amir Kabir can be described as a real patriot and anti-colonialist politician, who paid great heed to the future and transformation.
The official noted that British orientalist Robert Grant Watson wrote on Amir Kabir that among all politicians of Iran and the eastern world, whose names have been registered in the history books, Mirza Taghi Khan is a unique chief minister.
In the last years of Amir Kabir, Naser al-Din Shah Qajar exiled him to the prominent Fin Garden in Kashan and had him murdered.
Mirza Taghi Khan was born on January 9, 1807, in Arak and was killed on January 10, 1852, at the age of 45.