Amir Kabir (امیرکبیر in Persian), also known as Mirza Taghi Khan Amir-Nezam (میرزا تقی‌خان امیرنظام), was the chancellor of Persia under Nasereddin Shah. He was born in Hazaveh , a province of Arak.

His father, Karbalaee Ghorban (کربلائی قربان in Persian), was a cook for Gha'em-Magham Farahani , a previous chancellor, which made Mirza Taghi Khan learn many skills in the court.

Amir-Kabir was sent to Ottoman Empire to represent Persia in negotiations for an end to a hundred years of war between the two empires. He also helped Nesereddin Shah to receive the throne, so the shah made him his chancellor and gave his sister to him for marriage.

Amir Kabir started many reformistic movements in Persia. He founded Dar ol-Fonoun , the first European-style college in Persia (it is now part of Tehran University). He also made an start for founding the first Persian newspaper and lapsed the huge salaries that member of royal family were receiving from the national treasury, which caused the royals, led by the shah's mother, to make allegation against him and that made Shah dismiss him and send him to Kashan into exile.

It is said that the Russian embassy offered him a refuge in Russia, which Amir Kabir declined. Later, when the shah was drunk, shah's mother and her aids asked him for an order to execute Amir Kabir, and executed the order very quickly in Kashan's Fin Bath , before the shah started to regret his decision.