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'Additions and Corrections to Who's Who in Persia (Volume IV)' [‎39r] (84/312)

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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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time. In course ot time he attained an outstanding
position as merchant with considerable influence over
politicians. Deputy for Bushire in first Majlis.
Following the seizure of arms from arms-traders in
Bushiie by the Persian authorities in 1898 ; encouraged
his associate Haji Sayyid Ismail Shabankarehi to
proceed to Tehran and petition Nazaffar-ud-Din
Shah foi redress, and by bribing the Ababeg secured
the grant of the large tribal district of Mamasanni
m Fais f 01 the phabankareh brothers on the false
plea that they were Sayyids deprived unjustly of
then ^ tiading wealth. His share in the transaction
was half the district. In a few years on the death
of the bhabankareh brothers he obtained the sur
render by their heirs of the other half. His diffi
culties as an absentee landlord, with his tribal
tenants, extortionate demands for high rents and
intrigues to got Soulat-ud-Douleh on the one
hand, and Qawam-ul-Mulk on the other, to buy a
share m his holding in the region, have caused much
disturbance, antagonism between the two magnates,
and loss of life in Fars. Owing to his influence with
the Government 1923 on the subjugation of Humai-
jan district by the troops he put in a claim that :t
was included in Mamasanni ; and he also intrigued
with Soulat-ud-Douleh in upsetting the A. P. 0° C.
agreement with 1 he Kashkulis with the pretention
that an almost extinct offshoot of the Mamasanni
tribes, the Muhammad Salihi, had once inhabited
part of the hill region where the Oil Company et
Bikarz are working, on the strength of which he
advanced a claim for shares in the A. P. 0. C. under
taking there.
His disagreement with Lynch Brothers over the
Shalileh shed near Ahwaz gave the Legation much
trouble 1905. Took part in the reform movements,
and he became unpopular with the nationalists in
1909 Took a prominent part in the proposed
National Bank which failed.
Late in reign of Nasir-ud-Din Shah, obtained a Farman
to exploit Keel Oxide of Iron on the Isle of Hormuz
but had practically ceased to export by 1897. In
1905 in England he concluded an agreement with
Messrs. Strick and Co. to export 8,000 tons of red
oxide. Some years later his concession was revoked,
but by 1921 he had regained it. He claims rights-
over other minerals, such as sulphur and salt, on the:

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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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