Hadidi

Son of Seyyed Taqi Ordubadi, Seyyed Hassan Taqizadeh, was born in a religious family in Tabriz, September 1877. His education began when he was only four years old. He opened a small bookshop with his brother in law, Mohammad Ali Tarbiat in Tabriz. He made acquaintance with many intellectuals and liberal minded people in his bookshop, and became aware of socio_ political changes of European countries, and became enchanted by their culture. Gradually, the bookshop was developed and turned out to be a center to promote new ideas. He published Ganjineh ye Fonun with Tarbiat, Etesam-ol-Molk and Sharifzadeh in Tabriz.  

He went to Caucasus, Cairo, Beirut, and Damascus, and met Sheikh Mohammad Abduh and some other freedom loving men. He was a member of first Majlis from Tabriz Merchants' guild. He was appointed a member to the board which was formed to prepare the amendment to the constitution. He opposed to the conformity of the enacted laws with the religious rules and became known as an atheist. Following the bombardment of Majlis, he took refuge in the British Legation; and under its protection he went to London, where he has been exiled to, via Rasht and Anzali.  

When constitutional movement was strengthened in Iran, he returned to Iran. He was a member of the second term of Majlis. At the same time there was an attempt on the life of Ayat-ollah Seyyed Abdollah Behbahani. The rumors were spread around that he had a hand in this affair. Inevitably, he had to get a leave from Majlis and left for Istanbul, and then Europe and United States. This time his visit lasted for fourteen years. He published Kaveh in Persian. He married a German woman and called her Attieh. While in Europe, he went to Moscow as an envoy from Iran to conclude commercial, consular and postal contracts. He was elected a member to the third Majlis from Tabriz, but he did not return to Iran. He was elected from Tehran for the third, fourth, and fifth terms of Majlis. In the fifth Majlis, he opposed to the change of the Qajars to the Pahlavis.

He was minister for foreign affairs, 1926; governor general of Khorassan, 1928; Iranian minister to London, 1929; Minister of roads, 1930; and minister of finance, 1923. As a minister of finance, he granted the oil concession to the British for 60 more years. This act of him destroyed his reputation. Inevitably, he went to France as a minister. After a while, he was recalled by Reza Shah to Iran, but he remained in Europe for fear of his life. Then he went to teach in Cambridge. Subsequent to Reza Shah's resignation, he became Iranian minister to London for the second time. In Qavam's cabinet, he was appointed minister of finance, but he rejected and did not come to Iran. While keeping his appointment, he headed a high ranking delegation to the United Nations and defended Iran's case against the Soviet occupation of Iranian territory and tried hard to safeguard Iran' integrity and independence.

In the fifteenth Majlis, many members opposed to his credentials for his grant of oil concession to the Russians. In defending himself, he said he had been a tool.

When the senate was formed in Iran, he was a member to it from 1949 to 1967, being its chairman for six years.

He was intelligent, clever, and had a good memory. He died in Feb 6^th, 1970 when he was 92 years old.