The next year, Ali Asghar and his father accompanied Naser al-Din Shah to his pilgrimage to the holy Shi'a cities of Najaf, Karbala, Kadhimiya, and Samarra.

In November 1896, Ali Asghar was dismissed from his prime minister office by Mozaffar ad-Din Shah.

[4] Ali Asghar then initially retired to Qom, later traveled through Russia to China and Japan, and then emigrated to Switzerland.

Although Ali Asghar had many who opposed him, he also had supporters in major Iranian cities such as Qazvin, Rasht, and his native Tehran.

Ali Asghar managed to quickly stop the Ottomans, and also tried to make stability fix the financial problems in Iran.