Abdol-Ali Mirza Farmanfarmaian
Son of the Qajar Persian nobleman Abdol Hossein Mirza Farmanfarma and his wife Batoul Khanoum.
Abdol-Ali Mirza Farman Farmaian was born in 1932. He studied at the Oxford University in the UK with a degree in business. Upon moving back to Iran, he was involved in several industrial project, including the foundation of the Naft-e Pars Pars Oil Company which became Iran's largest private petrochemical factory. Prince Abdol Ali Farmanfarmaian died in a ski accident at the Deezin Resort near Tehran in 1970, having left two children, his sons Salman and Abu-Ali.
He served as the vice president for the Chamber of Industries.
Sources
- Daughter of Persia; Sattareh Farman Farmaian with Dona Munker; Crown Publishers,Inc., New York,1992
- Blood and Oil: Memoirs of a Persian Prince; Manucher Mirza Farman Farmaian. Random House, New York, 1997
See also
External links
- The Qajar (Kadjar) Pages
- Qajars Dynasty Turkoman dynasty of the Shahs of Persia
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