During a visit by Mohammad Reza Shah to Khorasan Province in 1934, the Shah was stung by a bee. Eqbal gained the Shah's favor as he was the physician who attended the bee sting.
In 1950, he was appointed Chancellor of Tabriz University, followed by Tehran University in 1954. Five years later he became Iran's envoy to UNESCO. He then taught at Sorbonne for a while and became a member of The French National Academy of Medicine.
In 1957, he became Prime Minister. Jamshid Amuzegar served as Minister of Agriculture in his cabinet. Eqbal continued as Prime Minister until 1960. Later, until his final days, he served as a top executive in Iran's National Oil Company.
The following reference was used for the above writing: "Iran in the last 3 Centuries" by Alireza Avsati. Published Tehran, 2003. Vol1 ISBN 964-93406-6-1 Vol2 ISBN 964-93406-5-3
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