Ministry of the Royal Court

Ministry of the Royal Court

Ministry overview
Dissolved	11 February 1979
Jurisdiction	Qajar Iran  Pahlavi Iran
Headquarters	Tehran
Annual budget	$40 million (1976–77)[1]

The Ministry of the Royal Court (Persian: وزارت دربار شاهنشاهی) was an organization in Iran that acted as an intermediary between the Shah of Iran and government branches, including the cabinet and the parliament. It was founded under the Qajar dynasty and was abolished after the Iranian Revolution in 1979.^[1] It was extensively powerful during the Pahlavi dynasty, and had an executive arm named the 'Special Bureau'.^[1]

The minister of court never sat the in cabinet meetings, however his position ranked on par with Prime Minister of Iran.^[1]

List of ministers

Qajar dynasty

• Mohammad Rahim Khan Ala (1903–1920)
• Amin-os-soltan Ibrahim Khan (1920–1921)
• Amin-os-soltan Ali Ashgar Khan (1921–1925)

Pahlavi dynasty

• Abdol Hossein Teymourtash (1925–1932)

Dissolution of the Ministry of the Imperial Court (1932–1939)

• Mahmoud Jam (1939–1941)
• Mohammad Ali Farzin (1941–1942)
• Mohammad Ali Foroughi (1942)
• Hossein Ala' (1942–1945)
• Ebrahim Hakimi (? – 1947)
• Mahmoud Jam (1947 – ?) (2nd time)
• Abdolhossein Hazhir (July 1949 – February 1949)
• Ebrahim Hakimi (1949–1950) (2nd time)
• Hossein Ala' (1950–1950) (2nd time)
• Hossein Ala' (1951–1953) (3rd time)
• Abol Ghasem Amini (April 1953 – August 1953)
• Hossein Ala' (1953–1955) (4th time)
• Manouchehr Eghbal (1956–1957)
• Hossein Ala' (1957–1963) (5th time)
• Hossein Ghods-Nakhai (1963–1967)
• Asadollah Alam (1967–1977)
• Amir-Abbas Hoveyda (1977–1978)
• Aligholi Ardalan (1978–1979)

See also

• Royal Households of the United Kingdom
• Maison du Roi (France)
• Ministry of the Imperial Court (Russia)
• Ministry of the Imperial Household (Japan)

References