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Mirza Malkam Khan
Iranian writer, diplomat and publicist (1834–1908)
Mirza Melkum Khan (1834–1908; Persian: میرزا ملکم خان; Armenian: Հովսեփ Հակոբի Մելքումյան, romanized: Hovsep’ Hakobi Melk’umyan, lit. 'Joseph Jacob Melkumyan'), also spelled as Melkum Khan, was an Iranian modernist writer, diplomat, and publicist. He is known for his social reform efforts, as well as for being the first Christian to adopt the title of 'Mirza' in Persian. He is considered one of the fathers of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution.