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'Biographical Notes' [121v] (248/611)
The record is made up of 1 volume (302 folios). It was created in c 1904. It was written in English and Persian. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Age 60.
12. BALUCH TEIBE OF KHOEASSAN"—
A large number of families of this tribe are said to have been
brought from Baluchistan to Sistan by Mahmud of Ghazni, from
96 KHORASSAN.
17. HAJJI HUSAIN—
Architect in charge of the shrine buildings of Meshed, and general
building contractor.
Age (?5.
18. HAJJI/ISMAIL—
Architect in charge of the shrine buildings at Meshed, and general
build/ig contractor.
.ge 30.
19. JAMSHIDI TKIBE OF KHOEASSAIST—
During the reign of Shah Kamran, the Jamshidi tribe numbered
about 12,000 families and were settled, under their chief Zaman
Khan, son of Karah Khan, in the Badghis district of Herat.
Zaman Khan's cousins, Mir Ahmad Khan, Abdullah Khan and
Mehdi Kuli Khan (sons of Jabbar Khan, son of Mahmud Khan),
who were also Jamshidi Khans, were inimical to him. From
Badghis the tribe migrated to Merv and afterwards to Urganj;
about 2,000 families, however, remained and settled at Kurrukh,
and Khan Hazrat, the Amir of Urganj, appointed Mir Ahmad
Khan as chief of the tribe settled in that district. Abdullah
Khan was appointed chief of the Jamshidis in Herat, but he fled
to Maimenah, whereupon Allahyar Khan, son of Zaman Khan,
took his position. About this time disputes arose between the
Urganj and Yamut tribes, and during these disputes Mir Ahmad
Khan was killed. The Khan of Urganj then appoinied Mehdi
Kuli Khan chief of the Jamshidis, and conferred upon him the
title of Khan Aka. During the disturbances in Urganj, Mehdi
Khan, who was anxious to return to his former residence, escaped
and went to Andkhui.
Herat was, at this time, being besieged by the Persians under
Hisam es Saltaneh, Sultan Murad Mirza, who, acting under the
orders of his government, persuaded 2,000 families of Jamshidis
to migrate to Khorassan, under their chief Allahyar Khan, and
settled them in the Sar i Jam district.
After Hisam es Saltaneh's return from Herat, the Jamshidi
families in Andkhui came back to Herat and settled in Badghis,
under their chief Mehdi Kuli Khan, Khan Aka, who was after
wards murdered by
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Ayub Khan at Herat. His son
Yalangtush Khan, who succeeded him, was killed by Amir Abdur
Eahman Khan. The Jamshidis who had migrated to Khorassan'
remained in Sar i Jam for six months, but, as the Turkomans
frequently raided that district, they migrated to Kanagushah and
Karrabukhah, near Meshed, whence a large number of the families
were sent feack to Herat by their chief; and on this becoming
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The volume contains manuscript draft biographical notes on Persian statesmen and notables compiled by George Percy Churchill.
Many of the notes are accompanied by imprints of the subject's seal and signature (in Persian); some by typescript pages, extracts from published works and newspaper cuttings; and a few (folio 114v, folio 163v) by portrait photographs. The notes give the subject's name as heading, and various information including dates of birth and death, office and career history, family details (including members of the Shah's family), pay and financial details, interests, linguistic abilities, and some personal comments.
The introductory page (folio 4v), which is signed by Churchill and dated 1904, is inscribed 'Strictly Confidential and for the Use of His Majesty's Government Officials Only'. A manuscript note states that the volume had been compiled from a variety of sources, and embodied the bulk of Colonel H Picot's biographical note of 1897, which Churchill had endeavoured 'to bring up to date and amplify'. The volume also contains a printed extract containing a list of words used in the composition of Persian titles, with a glossary of their meaning, including both the Persian forms and English transliterations; a manuscript genealogical tree of the Royal Kajar House; a manuscript list entitled 'Principal Persian Diplomatic and Consular Representation'; a manuscript list of Persian cabinet minsters and other politicians, dated 1901; list of ministers, provincial governors, etc in Persia dated 1904; and grouped cuttings of printed seals and coloured impressions of crests (folios 2v, 3r, 29v).
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- 1 volume (302 folios)
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The volume contains an alphabetical index of names between ff. 5-28. These refer to the main body of entries by means of pagination numbers.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 2 on the first folio after the front cover and terminates at 303, on the inside back cover. These numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. Foliation anomaly: ff. 4, 4A. The following folios need to be folded out to be read: f. 31, ff. 34-35.
Pagination: there is an incomplete printed pagination sequence, running from 1-489 (ff. 36v-299v) which appears in the top right hand corner of each recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page, and the top left hand corner of each verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. page of the main (ruled) portion of the volume. Some of the preceding pages in the volume have been numbered in pencil, but these numbers do not appear to be part of any discernible sequence.
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