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‘BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF PERSIAN STATESMEN AND NOTABLES, SEPTEMBER 1909’ [44v] (93/156)
The record is made up of 1 volume (74 folios). It was created in 1910. 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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against the Constitutional K6gime. Brought some 350 peasants
from Eustam Ahad to join in the demonstration at Tehran for the
above-mentioned object.
318. Eustam, Saitid (of Kirmansbah).
Saiyid Eustam, son of Saiyid Havas, son of Saiyid Baraka. Chief priest
or “ pir ” of one section of the ’Ali Ilabis including the Gurans,
Kirindis, Sinjabls, and some others. Saiyid Eustam lives at Baba
Yadgar near Guvara in Guran. Is about 50 years of age.
319. Sadr-ul-IslAm of Bushire.
Saiyid Murtaza Bihbihani, aged about 55 years. While quite young
he was sent to Najaf to study law there and was pronounced
a competent Mulla by the religious luminaries of Mesopotamia
about seven years ago when he came to Bushire and engaged himself
in religious work. On the death of his brother in 1908, he
assumed the title which he holds now.
320. Sadr-ul-’Ulama.
’Ali Baza, son of Mirza Muhammad, Sadr-ul-’Ulama ; title hereditary.
Eamily originally came from Xhurasan and was settled in 1. azd by
Nadir Shah :‘the present man also claims descent from Muhammad
Vali, (Ith) son of Eath ’Ali Shah, and his sister is one of the wives of
Nawab
An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India.
Aqd Hasan.
A born intriguer, who, without official status, was till recently as much
the ruler of Yazd as the Governor : lives a good deal by his wits,
i.e., he finds flaws in peoples’ title deeds, or other pretexts to prey
on and blackmail them. Strict in outward professions of religion.
Owns property at Taft and Ardakan, and formerly held crown
lands at Shahabad.
321. SlQAT-UL-ISLAM, MlRZA, ’Auf AQA.
Chief of Shaikhi sect at Tabriz. Age 45. Eairly well off. Is an
enlightened and well-read ecclesiastic, and knows a little Erench.
His sympathies are with the Nationalist party.
(MUJTAHIDS— concluded.)
322. Mukarram-ud-Daulah (Mahdi Khan).
Fifth son of Nizam-ul-’Ulama of Tabriz. Brother of Nasir-us-
Saltanah, Sa’ld-us-Saltanah, etc. Suffers from consumption and
is living abroad.
323. Mukarram-ul-Mulk (Mirza Saiyid Yusuf).
Son of A’dal-ul-Mulk in Khurasan. Has been employed in various
Government Departments including the Ministry of Commerce,
Justice, etc. Born about 1875.
• 324. Mukarram-us-Saltanah.
"Was for a time in the Persian Embassy, and subsequently Consul-
General at Constantinople. Employed in 1904 in the Foreign
Office in Tehran. Father of Mumtaz-ud-Daulah, Mumtaz-u&-
Saltanah, etc.
Has a numerous family, and nearly all his sons are in Government
employ.
325. MuKHBiR-i-HuMAYtJN (Abul Hasan Khan).
Younger brother of Mukhbir-us-Sultan, son of I’tibar-us-Saltanah
by a sister of Mukhbir-ud-Daulah. Entered the service of the
Belgian Customs Administration, and dismissed in 1909 by the
' order of the ex-Shah.
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The volume contains biographical notices on ‘important members of the Persian [Iranian] Government, principal members of the clergy, and the notables of all classes, as well as a number of minor officials and persons of a lesser degree’. Genealogical information for some families has been included in the form of family trees: the genealogical tables of the Royal Qājār House can be found on folios 73-74.
The notices were compiled by George Percy Churchill, Oriental Secretary to HM Legation, Tehran. It updates, corrects, and enlarges a volume compiled by the author in August 1909.
On the front cover, and folio 3, it bears a stamp reading ‘General Staff Library. War Office. 14 Dec 1910’.
Published in Calcutta by the Superintendent Government Printing, India (1910).
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- 1 volume (74 folios)
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The biographical notices are arranged in alphabetical order by forename. An index can be found on folios 7-12. Entries in the index are referenced by the original pagination sequence.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 76; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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