Abdol-Ali Mirza Farman Farmaian (; 6 January 1935 â 2 February 1973) was an Iranian businessman and nobleman. He was the youngest son of the Qajar nobleman Abdol-Hossein Farman Farma and his wife Batoul Khanoum.
Farmaian was born on 6 January 1935. He studied at Oxford University in England, earning a degree in business.
Upon returning to Iran, he became involved in several industrial projects, including the co-founding (with his brother Cyrus) of the Naft-e Pars Pars Oil Company, which became Iran's largest private petrochemical factory.
He also co-founded the Chamber of Industries.
Farmaian died in an avalanche while skiing at the Dizin Resort near Tehran on 2 February 1973, leaving his daughter Mariam and his two sons Salman and Abu-Ali.