'Additions and Corrections to Who's Who in Persia (Volume IV)' [15r] (36/312)
The record is made up of 1 volume (152 folios). It was created in 1924. It was written in English. 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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Asad-us-Sultaneh, once
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
. Intelligent, better
educated than his brothers but unstable and in
competent for leadership.
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AMIR HUSSAIN KHAN, I’TIMAD-US-SULTAN.
Born about 1905.
Son of late Haji Iqtidar-ut-Tujjar, a rich merchant of
Shiraz, who died 1918, by a daughter of the late
Khan Baba Khan, Amir Diwan, who was brother of
Haji Q aw am -i -D i wan (q. v.) half brother of Rifa’at-
ud-Douleh (q. v.) His sister married to Muqbil-us-
Sultan (q. v.) A pleasantly spoken youth with no
occupation : at school at Kirkee, India for 15
months 1918-19.
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AMIR HUSAIN KHAN ‘ AMAPUR 5 YAWAR. Born
about 1893.
Son of Ja’afar Khan of the Ja’farbai tribe of the Turco
mans from Astarbad. Educated m '"German school
Tehran : then in Russian military school there.
Entered Cossack force 1920, served on Gilan and
Kurdistan fronts captured and held prisoner by
Bolsheviks. Then stationed at Tehran till 1923 wdien
he was sent to Isfahan, where he became notorious for
shaving off beards of prisoners of “ opium riots ”
and the strong anti-clerical line he took, which led
to his transfer to Shiraz autumn 1923. Know r s
German, French and Russian. Is outspoken and
fearless in his anti-Mulla conduct, and regarded as
rather a headstrong soldier.
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The volume consists of additions and corrections to the biographical dictionary of individuals, families, and tribes given in Who's Who in Persia (Volume IV) Persian Baluchistan, Kerman, Bandar Abbas, Fars, Yezd and Laristan , compiled by the General Staff, India, from 1923.
It also includes genealogical trees for certain entries.
Published by the Government Central Press, Delhi, 1924.
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- 1 volume (152 folios)
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The biographical entries are arranged in alphabetical order from front to back, with cross-references where required.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 153; these numbers are printed or in pencil, and are located in the centre at the top of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front cover.
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