Manuchehr Khan Gorji
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Manuchehr Khan Gorji Mo'tamed al-Dowleh was a eunuch in Qajar Iran, who became one of the most powerful statesmen of the country in the first half of the 19th century.
Portrait of Manuchehr Khan Gorji in the style of Mohammad Isma'il. Dated 1840
Portrait of Fath-Ali Shah Qajar (r. 1797–1834) by Mohammad Sadeq
Signing ceremony of the Treaty of Turkmenchay
Illustration of Isfahan, dated 1840
Khosrow Khan Gorji
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Andre Ghaytmazeants, better known as Khosrow Khan Gorji, was a eunuch of Armenian origin, who became an influential figure in Qajar Iran.
Manuchehr Khan Gorji
…were part of the aznauri class, including Chongur Enikolopiant. Along with three Russians and two other Armenian youngsters (Andre Ghaytmazeants, later Khosrow Khan Gorji, and Hakob/Ya'qub Margarean, later Agha Ya'qub), he was delivered to Fath-Ali Shah Qajar (r. 1797–1834), the Qajar shah of Iran. Chongur Enikolopiant…
The prime minister leaving the king's house, followed by Schazahdèh Sadrat-Dooulèh and the eunuch Kosrow-Khan, and preceded by the king's second son, accompanied by his menin and his tutor. He is greeted by the great master of ceremonies Mirza-Aboul-by Hassan-Khan, former ambassador to Saint Petersburg and London, near whom stands Prince Kéikhobade-Mirzá (one of the Shah's brothers. Sketched by Alexey Saltykov in 1838.