Rise and Fall of Shiraz Bureaucrat Families during The Naseri Era (1847-1895)

Shiraz, as the center of Fars State, was exposed to drastic changes during the fifty-years of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar’s era, when bureaucrats had the highest influence. The presence of Iran’s main trading route from Bushehr to Tehran, in this city and also, its location at the center of Iran, where tribal and urban elements would confront each other, were the main features of Shiraz. Bureaucrat families such as Qavamolmolk, Moshirolmolk and Qashqai families, due to their positions in tax affairs and their influence in Shiraz, show the significance of bureaucracy during this era. Shiraz bureaucracy during Naser al-Din Shah Qajar era was affected by traditional and pre-modern era on the one hand, and renovation of the growth administrative bodies on the other. In addition to these trends, the handling of power among these families and its consequences are studied in this research. This research tries to study the effect of rise and fall of Shiraz’s bureaucrat families during Naser al-Din Shah;s timer era and its consequences in the city administration.