The Ghavam (Qavam)family (Persian: خاندان قوام شیرازی) was an Iranian family in the Qajar era (1785–1925). They were descendants of Haj Ebrahim Khan Kalantar.[1] British secret documents and Nasser Al Din Shah Qajar[2] believed that the family was Jewish. Due to the family's wealth and political power, it was often said in Shiraz that "Before Reza Shah, Qavams were Shah here."[3] The surname Ghavam is borrowed from honorific title Ghavam-al-saltaneh from Qajar court, which means pillar or continuation of Kingdom.
Ebrahim Kalantar Shiraz was the first influential member of the family.Qavam house in Shiraz built in the 19th century.
The Ghavam (Qavam) family (Persian: خاندان قوام شیرازی) was an Iranian family in the Qajar era (1785–1925). They were descendants of Haj Ebrahim Khan...
served as Prime Minister of Iran five times. Qavam was born in 1873 to the prominent Iranian Qavamfamily. His uncle, Amin Aldoleh, was a Prime Minister...
Jewish quarter in Shiraz, Iran, on October 30, 1910, organized by the Qavamfamily and sparked by accusations that the Jews had ritually killed a Muslim...
were also subsequently killed. Ebrahim's descendants later formed the Qavamfamily, who became influential in the mid-to-late Qajar period. Some of his...
after the holiday of Sukkot in 1910, a pogrom organized by the apostate Qavamfamily resulted in thirteen deaths, injury, theft, vandalism and near starvation...
self-proclaimed Jewish prophet Mar-Zutra II – Jewish exilarch Qavamfamily – one of the most influential families during the Qajar dynasty Imrani – Persian poet Yudghan...
Ebrahim's daughter married the new prime minister and formed the influential Qavamfamily which remained influential in Iran for at least two centuries. Despite...
of aristocratic houses and pavilions in Shiraz, such as those of the Qavamfamily. It was even employed during the early 20th century, under the Pahlavi...
Ahmad Qavam, Mohammad Mosaddegh and Ahmad Matin-Daftari. The family names of Mostowfi, Daftari, Matin-daftari, Mossadegh, Maykadeh, Vossugh, Qavam, Shokooh...
issued by the parliament. Among them were Asef ad-Dowleh in Khorasan, the Qavamfamily in Shiraz, Shoja Nezam in Marand and Rahimkhan Chalabianloo and his son...
forces sent by Ahmad Qavam, the prime minister at the time. Pessian was born into an aristocratic family in Tabriz. Pessian's family possessed strong military...
Suez Canal in Egypt. 1872 – Fars newspaper begins publication. 1880 – Qavamfamily suppresses local unrests with the help of the British Indian Rifelmen...
living in Oudlajan. Many famous Iranian politicians such as Qavamfamily, Mostowfi Family, Nasiroldoleh, Seyyed Hassan Modarres lived in Oudlajan. The...
— family is one of the most prominent aristocratic families in the contemporary history of Iran, emerging from the ancient imperial era. The family originated...
February 1921) Zia'eddin Tabatabaee (21 February 1921 – 4 June 1921) Ahmad Qavam os-Saltaneh (1st Term) (4 June 1921 – 12 October 1921) Prince Malek Mansur...
He was later appointed finance minister, in the government of Ahmad Qavam (Qavam os-Saltaneh) in 1921, and then foreign minister in the government of...
resulting in a total of 2,000 casualties. Negotiation by Iranian premier Ahmad Qavam and diplomatic pressure on the Soviets by the United States eventually led...
Inalu, and the Basseri and placed them under the control of the Qavam ol-Molk family. The pattern of forcibly uniting tribes was not a new idea, as the...
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