In the course of the late nineteenth century the urban structure of Tehran underwent profound changes. The city's great extension was accompanied by the demographic change and the transformation of the social hierarchy. This article provides a study of Mostoufi family involved in the growth of Tehran. Hajji Mirza Nasrollah Mostoufi (17. 7. 1809-28. 1. 1890) was appointed mostoufi as his father Mirza Esma'il's heir in 1853. He achieved a great role in the financial aff airs of Qajar Dynasty under Naser al-Din Shah. Based upon 'Abdollah Mostoufi's Sharh-e Zendegani-ye Man, the author analyses the family structure, the premises, the relation between Mostoufi's family and its toyul, Nayeh village that was situated at a distance of 9 farsakh from Qom, and the employees who had migrated from Nayeh and other villages into Tehran.
