Morteza-Qoli Bayat
Birth date1890
Birth placeArak, Sublime State of Iran
Death date10 May 1958 (aged 68)
Death placeTehran, Imperial State of Iran
Resting placeNajaf, Iraq
Order24th
OfficePrime Minister of Iran
Term start25 November 1944
Term end13 May 1945
MonarchMohammad Reza Pahlavi
PredecessorMohammad Sa'ed
SuccessorEbrahim Hakimi
PartyReformers' Party (1920s)[1]

Morteza Gholi Bayat (Persian: مرتضی‌قلی بیات; 1890–10 May 1958), also known as Sahām al-Soltān, was the Prime Minister of Iran for 5 months and 20 days in 1944. He was succeeded by Ebrahim Hakimi.

In 1925, he became Minister of Finance under Prime Minister Mohammad Ali Foroughi. He was a member of the Parliament of Iran from Arak. He was the founder of the Democratic Party of Arak.

He was buried in Najaf, Iraq.

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References

  1. ^ Abrahamian, Ervand (1982). Iran Between Two Revolutions. Princeton University Press. p. 121. ISBN 0-691-10134-5.
  • 'Alí Rizā Awsatí (عليرضا اوسطى), Iran in the Past Three Centuries (Irān dar Se Qarn-e Goz̲ashteh – ايران در سه قرن گذشته), Volumes 1 and 2 (Paktāb Publishing – انتشارات پاکتاب, Tehran, Iran, 2003). ISBN 964-93406-6-1 (Vol. 1), ISBN 964-93406-5-3 (Vol. 2).