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'Who's Who in Persia (Volume I) Khorasan, Sistan & the Kainat' [‎24v] (53/76)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (34 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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NIZAM-UT-TAULIEH (SHAIKH MUHAMMAD
HASAN). —Born 1892. One of the five Sarkashiks of the
Shrine. Owns lands near Meshed.
NIZAM-US-SALTANEH (REZA QULI KHAN).— Born
1856. Son of Sharif Khan. Rais-i- Sowar In the East India Company army and later Indian Army, an ordinary native cavalryman or mounted cavalryman. of the Mafi II.
His uncle the late Nizam-us-Saltaneh (Husain Quli Khan)
died in 1908. In 1899 he accompanied his uncle the late
Nizam to Tabriz as Rais-i-Qushin —his uncle being Governor
General of Azarbaijan. Then went to Bushire as Governor
1902-04. At this time his title was changed from Majir-us-
Saltaneh to Salar-i-Muazzam. Later he received the title
of 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-Mukarram. In December 1903 he received the
Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon, at Bandar Abbas on behalf
of the Persian Government. He was soon afterwards dis
missed in consequence of a disagreement he had with the
Governor General of Pars. Soon afterwards he was sent
to.Luristan in command of troops and in 1905 was made
Governor of Luristan, Arabistan and Burujird. He was
recalled to Tehran in 1908. In this year he succeeded to
the title of Nizam-us-Saltaneh. He was for a year un
employed in Tehran though offered the Governorship of
Kermanshah. Appointed Governor General of Fars in
1911. While in this appointment he with Saulat-ud-Dauleh
killed the brother of the present Qavvam-ul-Mulk, and on
account of this and the consequent disturbances was dis
missed from office. He then went for safety to the Sheikh
of Muhammareh who had married a daughter of the \aie
Nizam. He remained there 3 months when he was reconciled
with the British and promised land free for the Khurramabad
Ptailway. He was ordered by the Persian Government to
go to Europe in 1912. There he lived—for the most part in
Paris—till October 1913. He had paid a brief visit to England.
A few months before the outbreak of the Great War he
received permission from the Persian Government to return
and received a British assurance of protection. He was
again given the Governorship of Luristan, Arabistan and
Burujird. At that time his son-in-law Salar-i-Lashkar, son
of Farman Farma, was Governor of Hamadan. The Gendar
merie at Hamadan wanted to kill Salar-i-Lashkar whereupon
Nizam took a force of Lur sowars from Burujird fought the
Gendarmes and rescued him. In 1915 while in Hamadan,
he was persuaded by friends in Tehran, who were under
the influence of Prince Reuss, to throw in his lot with the

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The first edition of Who's Who in Persia (Volume I) Khorasan, Sistan & the Kainat , compiled by General Staff, India, comprises a biographical dictionary of individuals connected with those regions in 1923.

It also includes two genealogical trees outlining the pedigree of the Chiefs of Tun and Tabas, and the Rukn-ud-Dauleh family, showing their relationship to the Shahs of Persia.

Published by the Government Central Press, Delhi.

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1 volume (34 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 36; 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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