Bolurfrushan family

The Bolurfrushan Family () or Bolourforoushan, Barjesteh and Saser family is an industrial and mercantile family of Iranian origin, active in Iran from before the establishment of the Qajar dynasty. Throughout the 19th century the main activities of the family were the manufacture and distribution of crystal and stainless steel products, the import of crystalware and commodities such as tea and international banking.
History
The Bolourforoushan or Bolurfrushan families consist of two separate families, interlinked through bloodlines and business. After having been known as ‘Bolourforoush’, both families, except the Barjesteh and Sasar branches, accepted for the Bolourforoushan family name upon Reza Shah's suggestion. Previously, Soltan Ahmad Shah Qajar had granted Haj Mohammad Hossein Bolourforoush the title 'Bolourforoush Makhsous' and the Order of the Lion and the Sun.
In 1971 the family pioneered the first private insurance brokerage in Iran. In 1979 these activities were continued in New York, to be transferred to Dubai in 1980.
The Bolourforoushan family is one of the founding families of the International Museum for Family History in Eijsden, Netherlands.
Prominent family members
*Haj Mohammad Esmail Bolourforoush, merchant, manufacturer and importer of crystal objects and landowner in Tehran, married to Belgheis Khanom (Khanom Najaffi), daughter of Haj Seyyed Javad Khazaneh, treasurer of Persia at the time of Nasser ed-Din Shah and Mozaffar ed-Din Shah
*Haj Mohammad Hossein Bolourforoushan 'Bolourforoush Makhsous', crystal merchant and industrialist, president of the Tehran Chamber of Commerce, president of the Lion and Sun organisation and member of parliament, business partner of Haj Mohammad Hassan Bolourforoushan.
*Haj Ahmad Agha Bolourforoushan (Bolurfrushan), banker, married to Effat Khanom Mofarrah, whose brother Mohandes Mofarrah initiated the founding of the Bank Saderat.<ref name=www.barjesteh.nl-bolourforoushan.htm/>
*Behzad Bolour, artist and musician, BBC Persian Radio presenter and BBC Persian TV presenter and senior producer. Presenter of the KOOK show.
*Reza Qoli Khan Samsami Mohajer 'Rafi ol-Molk' (1888-1956), provincial governor, Head of the Archaeological Department and Deputy Minister of Education, was married to a sister of Hossein and Hassan Barjesteh.
*Prof. Dr. Sharif Adib Soltani (1920-2013), economist, Director General of the Ministry of Finance and Professor at the University of Tehran, was a member of this family through his mother.<ref name="whoswho"/>
*Prof. Dr. Mehdi (Nader) Amani (1931), sociologist and writer, Professor of Demography, Dean of the Social Sciences Faculty of the University of Tehran and project leader for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) was a member of this family through his mother.
*Engineer Gholam Hossein Homayoun (1915), Director General of the Ministry of Economy and founder of the Iran International Exhibitions Company was married to Sima Bolourforoushan.<ref name="whoswho"/>

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