Esmail Momtaz od-Dowleh

Mirza Esmail Momtaz od-Doleh
میرزا اسماعیل خان ممتازالدوله
Momtaz od-Doleh at age 25
Born	1880 Tehran
Died	1933 (aged 53) Tehran
Other names	Esmail Momtaz
Occupations	Parliamentarians of the First Majles Minister of Culture Minister of Finance Minister of Education Minister of Justice
Notable work	writer of the Persian Constitution of 1906
Political party	Moderate Socialists Party
Relatives	Samad Khan Momtaz os-Saltaneh

Esmail Momtaz od-Dowleh (Persian: اسماعیل ممتازالدوله) was a notable Iranian statesman of the early twentieth century. Born in tehran in 1880, he was one of the original Parliamentarians of the First Majles in 1906. He was also its fourth Speaker.

When the Parliament was bombarded by Mohammad Ali Shah, he was the speaker of majlis and escaped to Paris. In London he interviewed about the crisis which printed in European newspapers.

Momtaz od-Doleh was also Minister of Culture, Minister of Finance, Minister of Education and Minister of Justice. He was the actual writer of the Persian Constitution of 1906, being fluent in French and able to copy extracts lifted from the Belgian constitution. Momtaz died in 1933 at the age of 54 of coronary heart disease.

Momtaz od-Doleh, Minister of Iran

References

• Parvin Amini

External links

• Media related to Ismail Mumtaz at Wikimedia Commons
• William Morgan Shuster, The Strangling of Persia William Morgan Shuster#The Strangling of Persia