Ebrahim Monshizadeh

Ebrahim Monshizadeh (Persian: ابراهیم منشی زاده) was an Iranian political activist and the founder of the Punishment Committee. He was the father of the Iranian Nazi figure Davud Monshizadeh.

Ebrahim Monshizadeh
ابراهیم منشی زاده
Born1879
Yerevan
Died1918
Damghan
Cause of deathGunshot
NationalityIranian
Alma materDar ul-Funun
EraQajar era
MovementConstitutional revolution
ChildrenDavud Monshizadeh
Parent
  • Karim Khan Monshizadeh (father)

Life
Karim Khan Monshizadeh, Ebrahim Monshizadeh's father

Born in Yerevan in the Russian Empire, and lived there until 1889 when his father, Karim Khan Monshizadeh, moved to Iran. After moving to Iran, he studied in Dar ul-Funun, and started political activity after his father was poisoned to death by Qajar officials. He took part in the Constitutional Revolution, where he joined the constitutionalists of Gilan.

He founded the punishment committee on 1 September 1916, along with Asadallah Khan Abolfath Zadeh. He was later arrested and exiled to Kalat-e Naderi, but was killed on the way by the order of Vosugh od-Dowleh in Damghan.[1][2]

Davud Monshizadeh, founder of the far right Iranian party SUMKA was his son.[3]

References
  1. Moein. فرهنگ فارسی [Persian dictionary] (in Persian) (6th ed.). p. 2031.
  2. Chingizoghlu, Anvar (2011). "Bir İrəvan soyu: Münşizadələr". Soy popular-scientific journal (in Azerbaijani) (9): 11–14.
  3. Foundation, Encyclopaedia Iranica. "MONCHI-ZADEH, DAVOUD". iranicaonline.org. Retrieved 2023-01-22.
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