Naser al-Din Shah Qajar
In 1885 Hedayat taught at the Dar-ol Fonun, and was made special chamberlain ("pishkhedmat-e khass") by Naser al-Din Shah Qajar in 1893. After the death of his father in 1897 Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar bestowed the title "Mokhber-os Saltaneh" on Hedayat, and he accompanied the monarch as a German interpreter on his trip to Europe in 1901.