{{Short description|Prime Minister of Iran from 1935 to 1939}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Mahmoud Djam | honorific_suffix = | native_name = {{No bold|{{Script/Nastaliq|محمود جم}}}} | native_name_lang = fa | image = Mahmoud Jam 1.jpg | caption = Mahmoud Jam in 1938 | birth_date = 1880 | birth_place = Tabriz, Persia | death_date = {{death date and age|1969|8|10|1880|df=yes}} | death_place = Tehran, Iran | order = 19rd | office = Prime Minister of Iran | term_start = 3 December 1935 | term_end = 26 October 1939 | monarch = Reza Shah | predecessor = Mohammad-Ali Foroughi | successor = Ahmad Matin-Daftari | office3 = Senator from Kerman | term_start3 = 5 September 1954 | term_end3 = 10 August 1969 | alma_mater = | party = Nationalists' Party {{small|(1957–1960)}} | spouse = Malakeh Zaman {{small|(divorced)}}<br>Soghra Aziz ol-Molouk | children = Fereydoun, Parvin | website = }}
'''Mahmoud Modir al-Molk Djam''' ({{langx|fa|محمود مدیرالملک جم}}; 1880 – 10 August 1969) was a prime minister of Iran from 1935 to 1939.
==Early life== Djam was born in Tabriz in around 1880.<ref name=Ghani2001/>
==Career== Djam learned French from a Frenchman in Tabriz and began to work as a translator at the French legation. In 1921, he was appointed foreign minister to the cabinet of Seyyed Zia. He served as finance minister in the cabinet headed by Reza Shah.<ref name=Ghani2001>{{cite book|author=Cyrus Ghani|title=Iran and the Rise of the Reza Shah: From Qajar Collapse to Pahlavi Power|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VGZItY9kL0AC&pg=PA250|year=2001|publisher=I.B.Tauris|isbn=978-1-86064-629-4|pages=250}}</ref> Djam then served as governor of Kerman and Khorasan.<ref name=Ghani2001/> In September 1933, he was appointed interior minister. From December 1935 to October 1939 he served as prime minister.<ref name=Ghani2001/> The Persian Corridor was inaugurated during his premiership. From October 1939 to September 1941 Djam was the minister of court. Next, he served as Iran's ambassador to Egypt. In 1948, he was again appointed minister of court. Next, he was named ambassador to Italy. Until his death he was a senator.<ref name=Ghani2001/>
During his public service, Djam was a member of the Committee of the Iron (Committee-e Ahan).<ref name=Milani2008>{{cite book|author=Abbas Milani|title=Eminent Persians: The Men and Women who Made Modern Iran, 1941-1979 : in Two Volumes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ixU33FaG_dgC&pg=PA313|year=2008|publisher=Syracuse University Press|isbn=978-0-8156-0907-0|pages=313}}</ref>
==Death== He died in Tehran on 10 August 1969 at the age of 89.<ref name=Ghani2001/>
==See also== *Esmail Merat *Fazlollah Reza
==References== {{Reflist}} The following reference was used for the above writing: 'Alí Rizā Awsatí ({{lang|fa|عليرضا اوسطى}}), ''Iran in the Past Three Centuries'' (''Irān dar Se Qarn-e Goz̲ashteh'' - {{lang|fa|ايران در سه قرن گذشته}}), Volumes 1 and 2 (Paktāb Publishing - {{lang|fa|انتشارات پاکتاب}}, Tehran, Iran, 2003). {{ISBN|964-93406-6-1}} (Vol. 1), {{ISBN|964-93406-5-3}} (Vol. 2).
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