Abbasqoli Mo'tamad-dawla Javanshir

Abbasqoli khan Mo'tamad-dawla Javanshir (Persian: عباسقلی معتمدالدوله جوانشیر) was an Iranian statesman, first Minister of Justice of Iran from 1859 to 1862.^[1][2]

Abbasqoli Mo'tamad-dawla Javanshir
عباسقلی معتمدالدوله جوانشیر
Abbasqoli Khan portrait by Sani ol molk, 1860s
Minister of Justice of Iran
In office 1859–1862
Appointed by	Naser al-Din Shah Qajar
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Muhammad Ibrahim Motamad al-Mulk
Governor of Kashan
In office 1835–1836
Preceded by	Tahmasp Mirza Moayyed-ed-Dowleh
Succeeded by	Bahman Mirza Baha ad-Dowleh
Governor of Kashan
In office 1837–1841
Preceded by	Bahman Mirza Baha ad-Dowleh
Governor of Ardabil and Meshkinshahr
In office 1849–1850
Governor of Kerman
In office 1841–1843
Preceded by	Fazl Ali Khan Qarabaghi
Personal details
Born	After 1804 Shusha, Karabakh Khanate
Died	1862 Qajar Iran
Parent	Abulfat agha Javanshir (father)

Biography

Of Turkic descent, he was born in Shusha, Karabakh Khanate to Abulfat agha Javanshir sometime after 1804. He became follower of Abbas Mirza as his father after his defection to Iranian side.

His first public duty was governorate of Kashan, a post he was appointed to by Mohammad Shah Qajar in 1835, replacing Tahmasp Mirza (son of Dowlatshah). He was replaced by Bahman Mirza Bahauddowleh later but returned to his post in 1837 and held on to this until 1841. He was appointed to be governor of Kerman in 1841, replacing Fazl Ali Khan Qarabaghi and held this post until 1843. In Kerman, he was forced to pay ransoms for enslaved people during Ebrahim Khan's protege Abulqasem Garrusi.^[3] His rule in Kerman was reported to be benevolent and merciful.^[4]

He was appointed to be military chief of Naser al-Din Mirza (then governor of Azerbaijan) by royal tutor Haji Mirza Aqasi in January 1848.^[5] After Naser al-Din's accession to throne in September 1848, he was sent to quell mutiny of a company of Azerbaijani troops garrisoned in Tehran against Amir Kabir and Shahsevan insurgency in Ardabil, Meshkinshahr and Qaradagh in 1849.^[6] He was replaced by Mohammad Reza Qajar in Ardabil and Qasim Qajar in Qaradagh.

He was appointed by Naser al-Din Shah Qajar to be first Minister of Justice of Iran in 1859 after dismissal of Mirza Aqa Khan Nuri and was given epithet Mo'tamad-dawla (Persian: معتمدالدوله, lit. 'Trust of the State'). He established secular courts in regions of Iran and barred local governors of conducting trials on their own.^[1] He died 3 year after attaining the post. He was followed by his brother Muhammad Ibrahim Motamad al-Mulk in this post.

References

1. Chiba (2013-10-28). Asian Indigenous Law. Routledge. p. 102. ISBN 978-1-136-14202-4.
2. Solati, Bahman (2012-03-20). "The Reception of Ḥāfiẓ in Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century Persia": 69. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
3. Mirzai, Behnaz A. (2017-05-16). A History of Slavery and Emancipation in Iran, 1800-1929. University of Texas Press. p. 87. ISBN 978-1-4773-1188-2.
4. Wazīrī Kirmānī, Aḥmad ʻAlī Ḫān (1985). Tārīḫ-i Kirmān 1. 1 (in Persian). Tihrān: Intišārāt-i ʻIlmī. p. 635. OCLC 315437163.
5. Amanat, Abbas (1997). Pivot of the Universe: Nasir Al-Din Shah Qajar and the Iranian Monarchy, 1831-1896. University of California Press. p. 79. ISBN 978-0-520-08321-9.
6. Tapper, Richard (1997-08-28). Frontier Nomads of Iran: A Political and Social History of the Shahsevan. Cambridge University Press. p. 192. ISBN 978-0-521-58336-7.