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'Who's Who in Persia (Volume IV) Persian Baluchistan, Kerman, Bandar Abbas, Fars, Yezd and Laristan' [‎26v] (57/182)

The record is made up of 1 volume (87 folios). It was created in 1923. 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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meet H. I. M. Alimad Sliah at Bushire 1920 ? aceorn*
panying the Governor-General, Farman Farma, as far I
as Basra. In November 1920 was induced by the Gov- j
ernor-General, Musaddiq-us-Sultan eh, and Nas'r-uh
Mulk, to come to a friendly understanding with
Soulat-ud-Douleh Qashqai. On disbandment of S. P.
R., whose military power had been a moral backing ]
for him, he pressed the Government in Tehran to agree |
to 1,000 of the men and officers being retained for a j
Pars Force, but unsuccessfully. Throughout 1921!
and the first half of 1922 on very strained terms with j
Soulat-ud-Douieh, owing to raids at the latter’s j
•instructions on his family properties, and to his own |
support of Qashqai chiefs opposed to Soulat-ud- !
Douleh. During 1922 lost influence owing to support i
given by Minister of War to latter.
Is hereditary Governor of the Khamseh tribes, and the
sub-governments of eastern Fars to the borders of
Kerman, and the coast of the Gulf near Lingeh. With
his wife owns immense properties chiefly in eastern
Fars, and on the Shiraz-Isfahan road, but also the
Dushmanziari tribe east of Mamasanni. Scheduled to
pay about 2,00,000 Tumans in taxes annually. Has I
two sons, Mirza Ali Muhammad Khan, Nasr-ud-
Douleh, born 1911, and Muhammad Reza Khan, born
1914, and two daughters. His sisters are married to
Nazim-ul-Mulk : Ata-ud-Douleh : and the late |
Intizam-ul-Mamalik (son of Haji Mas ? ud-ud-Douleh) t
Following his family policy, on cordial terms with the |
British. Knows English fairly well. A pleasant j
personality, but lacks good advisers and staff-officers: I
and also sufficiently powerful friends in political I
circles at Tehran. The mainsprings of his policy are
rivalry and the old blood-feud with the family of the
Qashqai Ilkhani The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran. : and to maintain his prestige and
influence in Fars and among the Khamseh tribes. In
lands, wealth, and consolidation of authority he far
surpasses his father and grandfather : and is more
generally supported and respected by clerical • and
other bodies in Shiraz.

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The first edition of Who's Who in Persia (Volume IV) Persian Baluchistan, Kerman, Bandar Abbas, Fars, Yezd and Laristan , compiled by the General Staff, India, comprises a biographical dictionary of individuals, families, and tribes connected with those regions in 1923.

It also includes genealogical trees for certain entries.

The volume was published by the Superintendent, Government Central Press, Simla.

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1 volume (87 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 front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 89; 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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