10 Facts About Abolqasem Najm

Abolqasem Najm's father was Mirza Mahmoud Shirazi, a merchant, who died when Abolqasem was an infant.

Abolqasem Najm's mother was the daughter of Iran's first modern physicist and astronomer, Mirza Abdulqaffar Nadjm ol-Molk.

Abolqasem Najm received his basic education from his grandfather and later inherited his grandfather's title of "Nadjm ol-Molk" after Mirza Abdulqaffar's retirement.

Abolqasem Najm studied at the Tehran School of Political Sciences.

Abolqasem Najm was Iran's ambassador to the Third Reich, but was appointed to France upon his own request just prior to the outbreak of the Second World War.

Abolqasem Najm was then appointed as the ambassador to Afghanistan.

Abolqasem Najm was the minister of finance in Ebrahim Hakimi's cabinet and tried to fight corruption, but was held back by interference from the royal family.

Abolqasem Najm resigned from this post, citing interference from the royal family in his day-to-day governance of the province.

Abolqasem Najm was elected as a senator in the first Senate and served only one term.

Abolqasem Najm's brother Mohammad Hossein Nadjm was an Iranian diplomat, who served as Iranian ambassador to Lebanon and charge d'affaires in Paris.