Mirza Taqi Khan

Japanese: ミールザー･タキー･ハーン（英語表記）Mīrzā Taqī Khān

?-1852
A reformist politician of the mid-Qajar dynasty in Iran. Commonly known as Amir Kabir. Born the son of a cook for the third Qajar Shah's vizier, Ka'em Maqam, he served in key positions in the province of Azerbaijan through the patronage of his master. In 1848, he became vizier when Naser al-Din Shah ascended to the throne, and implemented a policy of modernization. In order to rebuild the Qajar regime, which was in social turmoil due to the Babism religious movement, and was fragile due to its depleted finances and weak military, he protected and nurtured traditional industries, especially the textile industry, which had been hit hard by the import of European cotton products, and worked to promote new industries such as glass, sugar, and weapons manufacturing.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

？‐1852
イランのカージャール朝中期の改革的政治家。通称アミール･カビールAmīr Kabīr。同朝第3代のモハンマド･シャーの宰相カーエム･マカームの料理人の子として生まれたが，主家の引立てでアゼルバイジャン州の要職を歴任した。1848年，ナーセロッディーン･シャーの即位と同時に宰相に就任，近代化政策を断行した。バーブ教の宗教運動で社会的に混乱し，財政の枯渇と軍隊の脆弱で揺らぐカージャール朝体制を立て直すために伝統産業，とくにヨーロッパの綿製品の輸入で打撃をうけた織物業を保護育成し，ガラス，砂糖，武器製造の新産業の振興に努めた。

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