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

Abdol-Ali Mirza Farman Farmaian 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 Farman Farmaian 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 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


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