Abdol-Hossein Farman Farma

Abdol-Hossein Farman-Farma (Persian: عبدالحسین فرمانفرما‎; 1857 – 21 November 1939) was an Iranian prince and politician. A prominent member of the Qajar dynasty as well as one of the most influential political figures in Iran during the Qajar era, he was a member of the right-wing Moderate Socialists Party, and served as the 11th prime minister of Iran from 1915 till 1916. He previously served as Iran's minister of war from 1896 till 1897, during which he took over the government as a self-appointed premier.

During his political career, Farman-Farma successfully westernised the Iranian legal system of the time, establishing Iran's first office charged with drafting a judiciary law. He also established the country's first ministry of Health in 1904 and founded the Pasteur Institute of Iran in 1920, whose first action was to introduce a smallpox vaccine in the country. Farmanfarma furthermore played a crucial role in the rise of Reza Shah, whose initial career started as a private under his command.

Farman-Farma was Born in Tabriz to Prince Nosrat Dowleh Firouz in 1857, he was the 16th grandson of the Qajar crown prince Abbas Mirza. He fathered 26 sons and 13 daughters by 8 wives. He lived to see four sons of his first wife die within his lifetime. The wealthy Farmanieh district in the north of Tehran is named after him.