Ali-Asghar Hekmat-e Shirazi, or Mirza Ali-Asghar Khan-e Hekmat-e Shirazi, was an Iranian politician, diplomat and author who served as the Iranian minister of foreign affairs, minister of justice, and minister of culture during the reigns of Reza Shah and Mohammad Reza Shah.
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Ali-Asghar Hekmat-e Shirazi, or Mirza Ali-Asghar Khan-e Hekmat-e Shirazi, was an Iranian politician, diplomat and author who served as the Iranian minister of foreign affairs, minister of justice, and minister of culture during the reigns of Reza Shah and Mohammad Reza Shah. Hekmat was an Iranian ambassador to India and wrote multiple books about Indian history and culture. Following the 1979 Iranian revolution, his books and works were ignored and he was labelled as a Freemason, but one of his books, Persian Inscriptions on Indian Monuments, was reprinted and introduced to Iranians.
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