Ahmad Khan Daryabeigi () was an Iranian military officer and educator.
Early life His father was Mohammad Khan and his brother was Mohammad Hosseine Khan. He graduated from the Dar al-Fonun school with degrees in engineering and military studies.
Career His research in 1887 provided the landscape for official Iranian claims to the islands of Greater and Lesser Tunbs and Abu Musa.مهدوی، هوشنگ.(۱۳۵۵)، عبد الرضا هوشنگ، تاریخ روابط خارجی ایران، تهران، سیمرغ During the reign of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, he became the first Iranian captain of the Persepolis Battleship in Bushehr that Iran had recently purchased from Germany. He designed the first Iranian Navy uniform and later became the Lord Admiral (Maritime Frontier-Keeper) of the Persian Gulf.رسایی، دریابد فرج‌الله، ۲۵۰۰ سال برروی دریاها، پیک دریا، تهران، ۱۳۵۰ In 1893, he became the Governor of Bushehr and Southern Ports and Ommanat.مجله رشد آموزش تاریخ - شماره ۲ - تاریخچه مدرسه سعادت بوشهر In March 1899, he conquered Port of Lingeh (Bandar Lengeh) and returned it to Iran's sovereignty.وقایع اتفاقیه، ۲۵ شوال ۱۳۱۶ (هشتم مارچ ۱۸۹۹)
In 1900, he established “Madreseye Sa'adat”, the first modern school through the South and Persian Gulf. He translated The Decameron (from Giovanni Boccaccio)دکامرون، ترجمهٔ؛ احمد دریابیگی پایگاه اطلاع‌رسانی کتابخانه‌های ایران and Nouvelli (from Eugène Scribe)نوئلی، ترجمهٔ؛ احمد دریابیگی پایگاه اطلاع‌رسانی کتابخانه‌های ایران in 1903–1904 from French.
During the Persian Constitutional Revolution, he cooperated with Sardar As'ad Bakhtiari (Ali-Qoli Khan Bakhtiari),حبل المتین، سال هفدهم. شماره ۳، رجب ۱۳۲۷ ق، ص ۱۶ but he opposed Seyed Morteza Ahrami (Alamal-Hoda) and Seyed Abdolhossein Lariنقش میرزا احمد خان دریابیگی در تحولات سیاسی خلیج فارس پرتال جامع علوم انسانی and in one period he faced the wrath of Ayatollah Kazem Khoarasani.فارس از مشروطیت تا جنگ جهانی اول، به کوشش دکتر محمد رنجبر، ۱۳۸۹، سازمان اسناد و کتابخانه ملی جمهوری اسلامی ایران، ص ۱۷۷ Anjomane Nesvan (“Female Forum”) was held in his paternal and fraternal home.
He was discharged in January 1907 after Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar came to power, but was reinstated in August 1907. He settled disputes with the British in Sistan and Baluchestan province in 1907–1908.Blackwood's magazine, Volume 208. (1817-1915) p182–183 He held the governorship of Bushehr and Southern Ports and Ommanat in several periods until shortly after World War I.پیک خجسته، ۱۶ مهر ۱۳۲۹، شماره ۴۱، سال اول، (اهواز - کاپیتان عباس دریانورد - بازنشسته)
Personal life His tenure ended in 1921 shortly after the coup d'état of February 1921 and after Ahmad Shah Qajar’s return from Europe. He died on 30 August 1923.
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