Adl was born in
Tabriz to Mirza Masoud Khan Adl-ol molk, a noted figure, and a publisher of the newspaper
Naseri. He travelled to France, where he studied agriculture. After returning to Iran in 1922, Adl worked in the Ministry of Public Amenities. Several years later, in 1930, he became director of the College of Agronomy, and later taught, as a faculty member, at the Faculty of Agriculture in
Karaj. The Faculty of Agriculture of Karaj itself had developed out of the College of Agronomy. Soon after the division of the Ministry of Public Amenities into three branches, "Adl "became the assistant director" of the Department of Agriculture. Adl became "acting director of the Department of Agriculture" for two years. Thereafter, Adl moved into private business (except for a brief interlude for 1,5 years as Minister of Agriculture in
Fazlollah Zahedi's cabinet). Adl eventually became "the manager of a textile factory and head of
Isfahan's Chamber of Commerce". He made much effort to "advance industrial development in Isfahan". Adl died in a car accident in 1963 "on the way from Isfahan to
Tehran". The Agriculture School of Karaj was later merged into the
University of Tehran. ==See also==