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The Bolurfrushan Family ((ペルシア語:بلور فروشان)) or Bolourforoushan and also Barjesteh and Saser family is a prominent 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 through its company The Bolurfrushan Factory, the import of crystal ware 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, opted for the Bolourforoushan family name at the time of Reza Shah, who was actually the one suggesting this family name. Before that Soltan Ahmad Shah Qajar had granted Haj Mohammad Hossein Bolourforoush the title 'Bolourforoush Makhsous' and the Order of the Lion and the Sun.〔 The Bolourforoushan families of Tehran became well-known and prominent throughout Iran by establishing the first crystal and stainless steel factories, and the first private bank and insurance companies in Iran, Bank Saderat Iran and SafeCover Insurance. By appointment of Reza Shah, the Bolurfrushan Crystal and Stainless Steel Factory reconstructed the Talar-e Bolour (Hall of Crystal) and the Talar-e Berelian (Hall of Brilliance) in the Golestan Palace. The Bolurfrushan Crystal and Stainless Steel Factory also created and supplied the chandeliers and mirror-work for the Marble Palace (Tehran). The Bank Saderat started operating at 13 November 1952 with a board of three directors and 20 employees to become, several years later, the largest privately owned bank in the wide region, also having branches in Hamburg (since 1961), London, Paris, Nice and New York. The bank was nationalised on 28 May 1979 and thus became state-owned until June 2009, when shares were offered at the Tehran Stock Exchange. After 40 years it had 3,300 branches and more than 30,000 employees. This made it one of the largest banks in the Middle East with 28 international branches and services in 12 countries. It now owns the Tashkent Bank and three joint venture banks Future Bank, Bahrain, Arian Bank, Afghanistan and Honor Bank, Belarus. 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bolurfrushan family」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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