As in Iran only in the 1920s surnames (family names) were 
          introduced, he was also known as Mirza Shahab Kermani and Mirza Shahab 
          Ravari. "Mirza" was an honorific title given to the educated people, 
          since 99,9 percent of Iranians used to be illiterate. 
                Mirza Shahab was a liberal who assumed the position of the 
          Democrat Party in the Kerman Province after the murder of his 
          step-brother, Haj Seyyed Djavad, who had founded the party in Kerman. 
          Before this, Mirza Shahab had established the first modern school in 
          the province, to this day the school carries his name. 
                Haj Seyyed Djavad, his step-brother, had vowed to oppose the 
          reopening of the British Consulate in Kerman and was poisoned as a 
          result of his effective and stiff resistance to the British interest 
          in Kerman. He has gainded legendary mythical dimensions. Common 
          folklore regards him as a saint. To this day, his burial place is a 
          place where those who seek things from the supernatural, go to. 
                Mirza Shahab was elected to be the Kerman Deputy to the 4th and 
          5th Majless (Persia's Parliament), these were from 1921 till 1923 and 
          1924 till 1926. In the December 1926 Constituent assembly, Persia's 
          first ever, he was also elected. He was one of the three Deputies who 
          voted against the establishment of the "Hereditary" Pahlavi Dynasty. 
          He is also known to have introduced in the Assembly the rejected 
          compromise Bill to bridge the gap between the Republicans and the 
          pro-Pahlavis. 
               When Mirza Shahab fell from favour, he was not allowed to return 
          to the next Majless (Majless 6), and for two years was under house 
          arrest. In the ensuing reorganisation of Iran's Judiciary system, he 
          was invited in 1928 into the Civil service as a Judge. He rose to be 
          the Chief Judge for the Western District of Iran (Khorasan Province). 
              Shortly before his death, he had turned down the offer to be 
          Iran's Ambassador to France. When he died, he was Chief of Appellate 
          Court of Iran, and Teheran was draped in black for three days. All the 
          neighbourhood shops were closed down for a day and his funeral 
          procession was attended by the Prime Minister, Minister of Justice, 
          the Cabinet and the Ambassadors.

Source: Nader Rastegar