Abdol-Ali Mirza Farmanfarmaian

Abdol-Ali Mirza Farmanfarmaian (1935–1973)[1] was an Iranian businessman and nobleman. He was the youngest[2] son of the Qajar Persian nobleman Abdol Hossein Mirza Farmanfarma and his wife Batoul Khanoum.

Abdol-Ali Mirza Farmanfarmaian was born on January 6, 1935. He studied at Oxford University[1] in England, earning a degree in business. Upon returning to Iran, he became involved in several industrial projects, including the co-founding (with his brother Cyrus)[3] of the Naft-e Pars Pars Oil Company, which became Iran's largest private petrochemical factory. Prince Abdol Ali Farmanfarmaian died in an avalanche while skiing[4] at the Dizin Resort near Tehran February 2, 1973, leaving his daughter Mariam and his two sons Salman and Abu-Ali.[5]

He also co-founded the Chamber of Industries.[6]

See also

References
  1. Library of Congress, Farmānfarmāʼiyān, ʻAbd al-ʻAlī, 1935-1973
  2. "Blood and Oil", p.522
  3. "Blood and Oil", p.347.
  4. "Blood and Oil" p.401.
  5. "Shahzdeh's Tree", Mitra Farman Farmaian Jordan, Seattle 1997, p. 154.
  6. "Blood and Oil", p.347
  • 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)
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