Alīqulī Khān Mukhbir al-Dawla’s Political and Cultural Affairs and its Effect on the Process of Modernism in Qajar Period

Alīqulī Khān is a famous, progressive and intelligent person in contemporary history of Iran and some of his proceedings show the modernism and the efforts and attentions to progress and development in Qajar period. This research is on his political and cultural affairs in process of modernism with descriptive-analytic method and resources from library and archives. This text shows that the contribution of him to illumination of thought and modernism in Iran with his governmental occupation such as: ministry of post and telegram, commercial and theology and management of Dār al-Funūn and proceedings such as: foundation and development of telegram lines, completion of Dār al-Funūn and establishment of Danesh as a first educational newspaper in Iran, foundation of Hāfiẓ association, dispatching students to the foreign country and training expert.