Albert Joseph Gasteiger

Albert Joseph Gasteiger (known in Persian as Gāstager Khan; 28 March 1823 – 5 July 1890), was an Austrian nobleman and engineering officer. Born in Innsbruck, he became an instructor at the Dar ol-Fonun in Qajar Iran, as well as the manager of all civilian and military buildings at the behest of Iran's government from 1860 to 1888. He died in Bozen (present-day Bolzano, Italy).[1]

1878 photograph of Gasteiger

Gasteiger was the baron of Ravenstein and Kobach.[1] He became famous in Iran for his road constructions, and was the first European to be bestowed with the title of Khan ("lord").[2]

References

Slaby, Helmut (2000). "GASTEIGER, ALBERT JOSEPH". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica, Volume X/3: Fruit–Gāvbāzī. London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 320–321. ISBN 978-0-933273-47-4.
Slaby, Helmut (2005). "AUSTRIA i. Relations with Persia". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica, Online Edition. Encyclopædia Iranica Foundation.

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[Iranica-1] Slaby, Helmut (2000). "GASTEIGER, ALBERT JOSEPH". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica, Volume X/3: Fruit–Gāvbāzī. London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 320–321. ISBN 978-0-933273-47-4.

[2] Slaby, Helmut (2005). "AUSTRIA i. Relations with Persia". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica, Online Edition. Encyclopædia Iranica Foundation.