Abol Bashar Mirza Farman Farmaian

Abol-Bashar Mirza Farman Farmaian is the son of the Qajar Persian nobleman Abdol Hossein Mirza Farmanfarma and his wife Batoul Khanoum.

Abol-Bashar attended Columbia University in New York, where he studied law. He later moved to Janatabad, one of the Farman-Farma villages, and became the il-Khan, or leader, of the Zuleh Tribe in an effort to aid in their recent settlement in the area. Initially planning to stay indefinitely, he left within a few years, after having raised the living conditions in the area.