Mostowfian Ashtiani family were a Persian family during the Zand period who came to power in the Qajar dynasty and retained power until the middle of the Pahlavi dynasty. Their family occupation was land ownership, but after in Qajar introduced the position of into the Iranian bureaucracy, the family began to work as Mustawfis and took their name from this title. Mostowfian Ashtiani became known as the "Hezar Famil" (Persian: هزار فامیل, lit. 'The Thousand Families') because of their influence and power in the Qajar bureaucracy.