Mohammad Hossein Mirza Firouz Explained

Mohammad Hossein Mirza Firouz
Honorific Suffix:KCVO
Birth Date:1894
Death Place:Lausanne, Switzerland
Birth Place:Tabriz, Qajar Persia
Office:Minister of Roads
Termstart:27 January 1946
Termend:17 December 1947
Primeminister:Ahmad Qavam
Allegiance:Russian Empire
Pahlavi Iran
Branch:Imperial Russian Army
Imperial Iranian Army
Rank:Brigadier general

Prince Mohammad Hossein Mirza Firouz (1894–1983) KCVO (1919) was an Iranian prince of the Qajar dynasty. He was son of Prince Abdol-Hossein Mirza Farmanfarma and Princess Ezzat-ed-Dowleh daughter of Mozaffar al-Din Shah.

Biography

He was educated privately in Tehran and Tabriz. At the age of 12, he was sent with his elder brother, Firouz Mirza to Paris. In Paris he attended Lycee Janson de Sailly. He also studied at the military academies of Russia. He joined the Russian Army and served during World War I. Firouz returned to Persia after the Russian revolution. He was Governor-General of Fars 1941-1942 and Minister for Roads and Communications 1945–1946.

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