Hajj Sayyah

Not to be confused with Mírzá Muhammad ʻAlí.

Mirza Mohammad Ali (Persian: میرزا محمد علی), better known as Hajj Sayyah (Persian: حاج سياح, lit. 'the Traveler'; 1836–1925), was an Iranian American world traveler and political activist.

He was the first Iranian to obtain American citizenship. According to a decree issued by the District Court of the 12th Judicial District of the State of California, he was naturalized on May 26, 1875.

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