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Coll 28/46 ‘Persia. Who’s Who, and Leading Personalities in:’ [99v] (198/352)
The record is made up of 1 file (174 folios). It was created in 26 Feb 1929-7 Jul 1947. 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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connexion with the purchase of gold. He was, however, soon re-employed, as he
proceeded to Paris as Minister in December 1933.
Recalled from Paris in August 1934, but obtained prolonged leave of absence
and did not return to Persia. Appointed Iranian representative at the Congress
of Orientalists at Rome in September 1935. But an article which he wrote for
the official Journal of the Ministry of Public Instruction, in which he said the^
revision of the Persian language must proceed gradually and without the use of^
force, annoyed the Shah and caused the suppression of the paper.
He is married to a German, and talks German fluently. He speaks English
and French less well.
Appointed Minister in London by Feroughi 1941, and has been suggested as
Prime Minister on more than one occasion since then, but he has always preferred
to stay in London. Became ambassador in 1944.
227. Vakili, Ali .—Born about 1897 at Tabriz. Started as a carpet-merchant
and general exporter of produce. Was sole agent for Dr. Ross’s life pills, from
which he derived considerable profit. Has also managed the Cinema Sepah at
Tehran. He still has the
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
for certain American products.
A Deputy for Tehran in the tenth Majlis. Member of the municipal council
for Tehran. Director of the Central Company, which imports cars, &c.
An energetic person; a prot6g<$ of Davar, the late Minister of Finance.
228. \ alatabar, Abol Fath, K.B.E. (Hishmat-ud-Douleh, previously named
Diba). —A member of the Tabatabai family of Tabriz. Born about 1885. A
chamberlain of Muzaffar-ed-Din Shah when the latter was Crown Prince residing
in labriz. Private secretary to Mohammad Ali Shah before he came to the
throne, and continued in that post till 1909. An open enemy of the Nationalists.
Governor of Resht in 1915. Minister of War 1916-17. Governor of Kerman
191.8~].9. Minister of the Interior 1920. Imprisoned by Seyyid Zia. Governor-
General of Khorassan May 1924; resigned the next year owing to differences
with the military authorities.
Has owned large properties near Tabriz, but has spent most of his substance.
Speaks French.
Living quietly in Tehran 1943. Made a pilgrimage to Kerbela early in the
year. Aspired to employment in a suitable post at Court, and attained an
appointment as a kind of chamberlain at the Court in 1943.
^ A respectable old-timer who helped us during the 1914-18 war and received
a K.B.E. He took no part in politics during Reza Shah’s reign and is too old to
do much now.
229. Vasiqi (Vassighi), Sadiq (Sadegh)—Born in 1898 at Tabriz, but of a
Mazanderan family. Employed for many years in the Department of Commerce
of the Ministry of Public Works, and in the Ministry of Commerce since the
former ministry was divided up. Under-Secretary in the Ministry of Commerce
until April 1938, when be became Acting Minister on the dismissal of M. Ala.
He has paid several visits to Europe, notably to Germany when the Clearing
Agreement with that country was negotiated in 1935, and to Moscow in 1939,
when the question of renewing the Russo-Iranian Trade Agreement arose. Head
of Agricultural Bank in 1942, but was removed to make room for one of Qawam-
as-Saltaneh’s political nominees. Member of the board of the Iran Insurance
Company February 1943. Head of Mortgage Bank December 1943. Secretary of
the Perso-Soviet Cultural Relations Committee February 1944.
Educated in Tehran at the Ecole Polytechnique (Dar-ul-Funun), and speaks
French and English.
230. Vossuq, Hassan, G.C.B. (Vossuq-ed-Doivleh ).—Born about 1868. Began
his career in the Ministry of Finance. Elected a Deputy to the first and
second terms of the Majlis, and in 1909 chosen to be a member of the
Nationalist Committee, which directed the affairs of State after the abdication
of Muhammad Ali Shah. His first Cabinet appointment was as Minister of
Justice in October 1909. In the following month he became Minister of Finance,
but resigned in July 1910. In July 1911 he became Minister for Foreign Affairs!
Again Minister for Foreign Affairs in January 1913, he left for Europe in June
of the same year. Minister for Foreign Affairs, July-August 1914, and Minister
of Finance, August-December 1915. Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign
Affairs, August 1916 to May 1917. Prime Minister and Minister of Interior
from August 1918 to June 1920. Negotiated the Anglo-Persian Convention of
1919. Visited Europe in June 1920, and only returned^© Persia at the beginning
of 1926. Appointed Minister of Finance in June 1926, but resigned in November
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Printed copies of reports entitled Biographies of Leading Personalities in Persia (also referred to in the file as Who’s Who in Persia , and Report on Personalities in Persia ). The reports were compiled by officials at the British Legation in Tehran, and updated periodically. The file contains copies for the years 1929 (ff 5-14), 1930 (ff 24-34), 1931 (ff 37-45), 1932 (ff 53-62), 1943 (ff 69-100), and 1946 (ff 106-124). The last report in the file is entitled Personalities in Persia: Military Supplement. This report is typescript rather than printed, and dated 1947 (ff 133-174).
The reports for 1929 and 1930 arrange Persian notables in order of importance, beginning with the Shah and Minister of Court, Mirza Abdul Hussein Khan Taimourtache [Abdolhossein Teymūrtāsh]. The remaining reports arrange individuals alphabetically by their family name. All reports contain biographical notes, such as background, family, and career. Many also include an assessment of their character and demeanour, their disposition towards the British, and foreign languages spoken. The 1947 report specifically concerns individuals in the Persian military, with their biographies restricted to their military careers.
The file also includes some correspondence, covering: the distribution of the reports; biographies submitted by the British Legation in Tehran for inclusion in future editions of the reports; the resignation and reconstitution of the Government in 1946, with biographies of those making up the new cabinet (ff 129-131).
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end.
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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 176; these numbers are written in pencil 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.
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