Najaf-Qoli Khan Bakhtiari

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Saad al-Dowleh سعدالدوله
7th Prime Minister of Iran
In office 1911 – 17 January 1913
Monarch	Ahmad Shah Qajar
Preceded by	Sepahsalar-e Tonekaboni
Succeeded by	Mohammad Ali Ala al-Saltaneh
In office 1 May 1918 – 8 August 1918
Monarch	Ahmad Shah Qajar
Preceded by	Mostowfi ol-Mamalek
Succeeded by	Vossug ed Dowleh
Personal details
Born	1846 Chaharmahal Province, Iran
Died	1930 (aged 83–84) Isfahan, Iran

Najaf-Qoli Khan Bakhtiari (Persian: نجف‌قلی‌خان بختیاری) also known as Saad al-Dowleh and Samsam al-Saltane (1846–1930), was a Persian Prime Minister and a leader of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution. He was elected Prime Minister for two terms, first from 3 May 1909 to 16 July 1909 and again from 23 December 1912 to 17 January 1913, when he resigned from the office. He was a representative of Parliament of Iran from Tehran in the 4th Parliament. He was the older brother of Ali-Qoli Khan Bakhtiari, better known as Sardar Assad, Bibi Maryam Bakhtiari and Khosrou Khan, Sardar Zafar Bakhtiari.^[1] He died in 1930 in Isfahan.