Education
Ecole Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr.
mayor politician general officer
Ecole Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr.
During the Overthrow of the Qajar dynasty, Sardar Homayoun was encouraged by the local politicians and moderates, backed by Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside and the British Government, to become the Shah of Persia (the fact that his lineage could be traced to the Qajar dynasty gave added incentive to have him on the throne ). He mainly declined out of his loyalty to Ahmad Shah, although it was stated that it was out of his fear for his family"s safety and his moral reluctance to use force against his countrymen, a measure which was inevitable for the maintenance of the monarchy. His reluctance was seen as cowardice by the British, and so the position was later given to Reza Shah Pahlavi.
During Reza Shah"s reign, he was appointed commander of the Cossack Division in Northern Iran.
He retired soon after to his family"s estate to pursue writing and farming. An aristocrat by birth, he believed in the character conferred by military education and discipline.
He was the first Mayor of Tabriz in 1908, (see list of Tabriz Mayors), and as a modern man, he was at the origin of the first electrical generator to Tabriz. He also introduced the first metallic printing press in Iran.
Sardar Homayoun also was one of the first modern economists in Iran.