Hajji Mohammad Hossein Isfahani

In this role, Mohammad Hossein invested heavily in agriculture, which increased his own wealth and contributed to Isfahan's economic revival.

In 1806 he was appointed mostowfi ol-mamalek, given the title Amin ol-Dowleh, and his son, Abd ol-Hossein Khan Isfahani succeeded him as beglarbegi.

In 1818, Mirza Shafi Mazandarani died and Mohammad Hossein was appointed to the position of sadr-e a'zam which he held until his death in 1823.

He removed the famous clock on the Naqsh-e Jahan, rebuilt parts of the Safavid Haft Dast palace and renovated the Bagh-e Anguristan, the Hasht Behesht, and the Talar-e Tavila.

[3] Mohammad Hossein's son, Mohammad Ibrahim Khan Nazir ol-Dowleh, married one of the Fath Ali Shah Qajar's daughters (Khadijeh Soltan Begom, "Esmat-ed-Dowleh)[4] and Khan's daughter married Husayn Ali Mirza Farmanfarma, governor of Shiraz.

Portrait of Isfahani
A January-February 1822 firman of Fath-Ali Shah Qajar (reg. 1797–1834), stating that on the recommendation of Mohammad Hoseyn Khan [Sadr Esfahani], the post of deputy Minister of Isfahan and its annual salary is to be passed on to Mirza Sharif ol-Din Ahmad, whose father Mirza Mahmoud has recently died