"تقرير عسكري عن طهران وأقاليم شمال غرب بلاد فارس المجاورة لها (بما في ذلك المناطق المطلة على بحر قزوين)" [و‎‎١‎٩‎٩] (٦١٠/٤٠٢)

and Russian lines. He was Prime Minister from March to April
1915, and from July to October 1920, when he resigned owing
to his refusal to dismiss the Russian officers from the Persian
Cossacks.
Mushir-ud-Dauleh is well educated, well meaning and intel
ligent, hut extremely timid and unpractical, and his up to date
paper constitutions on European patterns for Persian depart
ments have not proved a success. Like Mustaufi-ul-Mamalik
(No. 3) he has gained considerable influence owing to his career
as a Constitutionalist, and has a real reputation for integrity.
His weakness and timidity as Premier in 1920 disgusted the
British Legation, and the solution of the Persian question was
no nearer after bis 4 months’ tenure of office.
No. 18. MU’TAMAN-UL-MULK, Mlrzd Husain Khan.
Born about 1880. Younger brother of Mushir-ud-Dauleh
(No. 17). He was educated in France and afterwards went to
England, and speaks both languages. He was Minister of
Education and Public Works in 1908, and of Education 1909.
He was elected President of the 2nd Majlis in March 1911
in which position he showed great firmness and impartiality.
He was Minister of Public Works and Commerce in 1917,
Minister, without portfolio in the Cabinet of his brother
Mushir-ud-Dauleh in July 1920.
He is studious and retiring.
No. 19. NIZAM-UD-DAULEH. See No. 50.
No. 20. NUSRAT-UD-DAULEH, Firuz Mirzd, G.C.M.G.
Born in 1888. Eldest son of Farman Farma. He was
educated at Bairut and in England and France where he is a
.member of the Paris bar. He speaks French fluently and
knows English.
He accompanied Farman Farma to Kirman in 1906 and when
his father was recalled to Tehran he became governor, but was
removed in disgrace in 1907 owing to some election troubles.
In 1912 he went to Europe and returned to Persia in 1915 and
became Under Secretary of Justice, a post which beretained while
his father was Premier in 1916. He was Minister of Justice
in Vusuq-ud-Dauleh’s (No. 34) Cabinet of 1916, Governor of
Hamadan and Kirmanshah for a short while in 1918 and then
Minister of Justice, afterwards of Foreign Affairs in Vusuq-ud-