Agha Mirza Mohammad Hasan ibn Mohammad Reza ibn Hussein Behbahani Shirazi honorifically known as Nusrat al-Wizarah Shirazi nicknamed as Badi’ (Persian: حسن بدیع;1872-1937) was an Iranian journalist, writer, poet and diplomat. Born in Kadhimiya, near Baghdad (then part of the Ottoman Empire, now Iraq) to an Iranian immigrant family, he grew up in Basra, the workplace of his merchant father. In 1905, he founded the "Iranians of Basra Society" for the Iranian community there, and published his poems and articles in support of the Persian Constitutional Revolution in Habl al-Matin. In 1920 immigrated to Iran and joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and was appointed to the Iranian consulate in various Iraqi cities, including Karbala, Basra, Baghdad, then Herat and finally Beirut. Therefore, titled as Nusrat al-Wizarah, literally means "The Supporter of Wizarah", the Ministry. He died of a stroke in Tehran at the age of 65. In addition to his poetry collection, he wrote or rewrote many works of fiction. Badi' considered one of the first Iranian novelists of the twentieth century. He also wrote History of Basra in Persian.
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