Mozaffar Alam

Mozaffar Alam (مظفر اعلم Muzaffar Aʿlam) (1882–1973) was an Iranian politician who served as the minister of foreign affairs.

[1][2] His father, Mirzā ʿAli Akbar Khan Moʿtamed al Wezāra Qazvini, was a ranking officer in the ministry of foreign affairs and served in consular positions in Baku, Istanbul, Damascus and Baghdad.

[1] Next he attended Saint Cyr military school receiving education in artillery field in France.

[3] After completing his education and returning to Iran, Alam began to work at the ministry of foreign affairs and then, was appointed Iranian consul in Damascus.

[3] Next he began to serve as the head of the Cossack brigade and was promoted to the rank of colonel and then brigadier general during World War I.

He declined to receive the Persian Ambassador to Iraq, Muzaffar Alam, or any members of his staff.