Mirza Hashem Khan Ghaffari

Mirza Hashem Khan Ghaffari was an Iranian official from the Ghaffari family. Until 1861/62, he managed the private finances of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar. He was afterwards appointed to three offices; amin-e khalwat, the custodian of the personal estate of the shah, which was a newly created title and office that would remain exclusive to the Ghaffari family; the chief of the court personnel; the commander of the royal musketeers; and the dean of the shah's household. In 1871, a seat in the government's Consultative Assembly was granted to Mirza Hashem Khan. Later that year, following the death of Mirza Hashem Khan's brother Farrokh Khan in May, Naser al-Din Shah appointed him vazir-e hozur and bestowed upon him his brother's title of Amin od-Dowleh.
Mirza Hashem Khan died in 1877 and was buried in the city of Qom. He had two sons who also served in the administration, Mohammad Khan Eqbal od-Dowleh and Gholam-Hossein Khan Ghaffari.