Role Political leader | Name Saad ad-Daula | |
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Monarch Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar Preceded by Sepahsalar-e Tonekaboni Succeeded by Sepahsalar-e Tonekaboni Preceded by Sepahsalar-e Tonekaboni Succeeded by Mirza Mohammad Ali Khan Party Constitutionalist Party of Iran | ||
Najaf-Qoli Khan Bakhtiari (Persian: نجفقلیخان بختیاری) also known Saad al-Dowleh and Samsam al-Saltane (1846-1930), was an Iranian Prime Minister and a leader of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution. He was elected Prime Minister for two terms, first from 3 May 1909 to 16 July 1909 and again from 23 December 1912 to 17 January 1913, when he resigned from the office. He was a representative of Parliament of Iran from Tehran in the 4th Parliament. He was the older brother of Ali-Qoli Khan Bakhtiari. He died in 1930 in Isfahan.
He is reported to be a member of the Moderate Socialists Party but he was favoured by the Democrat Party at the time appointed as the Prime Minister and formed a pro-Democrat cabinet.
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