‘BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF PERSIAN STATESMEN AND NOTABLES, SEPTEMBER 1909’ [‎18r] (40/156)

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Command Accompanied the late Nizdm-us-Saltanah to ’Arahistdn a,
anef Mditary officer and succeeded as Governor of ’AraWstln in 1807
whTre hr tay faWtwo" 1903 ^ M h ° to
to Pars L llol ^ ft I y T S ' ;\ c r oompam , e(i Prince SI" WSultanah
ars in 1901 in the capacity of Vizier where he showed unfriendlv
A ppointed 8 Miri^ter* ifp BritiSh * P resent title ’ September 1908.
Nn&rf ^ finance April 1909, and held the post till the
Mm and obta^ al ^ mast fy> Jul y 1<j - 1909, when they arrested
„ ui d ? .' ned a lar S e s v m of money from him. Is said to he vow
HMainOuH KMn sTd b? i° l rtune b y oppressing the people. His son
a ^ uJl Klltin 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. -i-Akram was educated in England.
48. AMfn-i-SniKAR (Ahmad Khan).
Master of the Chase.
Son of the late A T asir-ud-Din Shah’s Master of the Chase.
19. Amir-i-TupkhAnah (Muhammad Sadiq Khan, Shambayatlii, 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. ).
Born about 1831. ;
Is of the Shambayatlu branch of the Qajar tribe.
1118 tliear\nKry ltary Service from his J oxlth - Is chief commander of
Is Amir-i-Tiiman.
50. Amjad-ud-Daulah (Kasir Quit Khan).
Son of Amir Aslan Khan Majd-ud-Daulah who was maternal uncle of
IZZtTq^nAr iS ’ Amid - Ul - MuJk - appointed
Is cousin of Majd-ud-Daulah.
51. Amjad-ul-Mulk (Mfrza Muhammad Khan).
Born about 1857.
Son of Mu’avin-i-Divan.
Government pay and allowance about 700 Tumans per annum.
Property worth about 10,000 Tumans.
52. ’Arab tribe of EArs.
The Arab tribe is one of the five tribes composing the Khamsah tribe.
Came originallly from Najd, Omman and Yamama in the seventh
century. Some reside winter and summer near Ram Hurmuz and
on the banks of the Jarahi River; others are in Ears, during winter
in the Buluk-i-Sabah, Rudan and Ahmad! districts, during summer
m Bunat, Kunkuri, etc. The members of the tribe speak Persian
and Turkish. This tribe is subdivided into two principal branches
oi sub-tribes, Jabbdrah and Shaibani, the Jabbarah having twentv-
eight branches, and the Shaibani twenty-three.
The Jabbarah Arabs are also known as ’Arab Quchl. Erom ancient
times until 1881 the Chiefs of the ’Arabs were of the Shaibani branch ’
and frequently the Basarl tribe was also under them. In the begin
ning of the eighteenth century, the chief was Mir Istna’il Khdn
Sdibani; he was succeeded by his son Mir Mahdl Khan, who served
Nadir Shah and was also Chief of the Basarls. Under Karim Khan
Zand, Mir Salim Khan, son of Mir Mahdl Khan, succeeded his
father as Chief of the ’Arabs, while his brother, Mir Shafl’ Khan
became Chief of the Basarls. Salim w^as succeeded by his son Aqd
Khan, who died 1815, and left two sons: one ’Abbas Khan, Chief of
the ’Arabs until 1837, when he died; the other Raza Qull Khan,
who was Sartlp of the Baharlu and ’Arab infantry regiment until its
disbandment in 1863, and became Chief of ’Arabs in 1868, and died
in 1881, at which time the chieftainship of the ’Arabs was given to
the late Qavam-ul-Mulk of Shiraz, “the Qavam-ul-Mulk habi
tually made over the charge of the tribe to his younger son