Qajar Descendants That We Did Not Know

  Nasser-e-Din’s reign is best known for introducing significant infrastructure to the country as well as modern science, technology, and educational methods, largely because of Nasser-e-Din’s highly effective advisor and constable, Mirza Taghi Khan Amir Kabir. The dynasty gained telegraph lines, a modern postal service, ‘Western-style’ schools, and its first newspaper, and Nasser-e-Din himself was a fan of the emerging technology of photography. In a fairly radical move, his reign also limited the power of the Shi’a Muslim clergy over secular matters.