Hossein Agha Malek
Hajj Hossein Malek (Persian: حسین آقا ملک; 1873 in Tehran – 1973 in Tehran) was an Iranian philanthropist. Malek was born of a Georgian mother and a Tabrizi father. He was the son of Hadj Mohammad Kazem Malek-ol-Tojjar, (the king of all merchants) a title given to his father by Nasser ed Din Shah due to his importance as a 'tâjer" in the commerce in Tabriz and also between Iran and Russia. His father also constructed the first road from Astara to Moscow. Malek studied Persian and Arabic under the tutelage of Sheikh Massih Taleghani and later Mirza Abolhassan Jelveh, the most prominent scholars of the period.