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'File 11/44 Leading Personalities in Iraq, Iran & Saudi Arabia' [‎8r] (15/96)

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The record is made up of 1 file (46 folios). It was created in 27 Jun 1947-19 Jul 1948. 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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Communications in Hakimi’s Cabinet November
1945. Resigned a month later. Returned to the
same Ministry in Qavam’s Cabinet in February
1946, but was left out when Qavam re-formed his
Cabinet in October 1946. Appointed Inspector-
General, Persian Air Force, March 1947.
Speaks very good French and some English;
intelligent and enlightened. A brilliant talker, he
seems capable of proving with most convincing
reasons that he is always right—but one feels
sometimes that he is too convincing.
43. Firuz, Muhammad Vall Mirza (Far-
man farmaiyan)
Third son of the late Farman Farma. Born about
1893. Educated at Beirut and Paris. Sent to
Tabriz as head of the Finance Department, 1915.
Said to have taken many bribes while in that
appointment. Is very thrifty and has large
properties both in Tehran and Tabriz. Elected a
Deputy to the fourth, fifth and sixth Majlises for
Tabriz. On the fall of his brother, Nusrat-ed-
Douleh, in 1931, he retired from public life and
was seldom seen. Has been in Europe a good deal.
Elected to the thirteenth Majlis for Sarah in
September 1941, and again to the fourteenth in
November 1943. His appearance being that of an
underfed bird of prey, seems to keep him in the
^^ikground, but he has a good deal of his father’s
intelligence. Became Minister of Labour and
Propaganda in October 1946 but resigned in
December to stand as a candidate for the fifteenth
Majlis. Went to Switzerland February 1947.
44. Firuz, Muzaffar
Born about 1910, grandson of Farman Farma,
brother of Muhammad Shah, and accordingly uses
the title of Prince in social life. Educated at
Harrow and Cambridge. Speaks excellent English
and fair French : is bitterly hostile to the Pahlavi
dynasty and his sole raison d’etre is to avenge the
murder of his father by Riza Shah. His hostility has
recently been sharpened by the fact that his wife’s
relation, Ismit-ul-Muluk, one of the wives of Reza
Shah, was recently evicted from the palace on a
charge of improper behaviour. At one time employed
in Persian Legation in Washington, whence, it is
believed, he was removed at the request of the
U n ited States Government for abuse of diplomatic
privileges.
r*' It was Firuz who went to Palestine and brought
from there Zayyid Zia’s first manifesto. He
remained an ardent supporter of Sayyid Zia until
May 1945 when he broke with him. He says that
the breach was caused by Sayyid Zia’s becoming
more and more dictatorial, but Sayyid Zia’s version
was that they had to part because Firuz would not
abandon his newspaper campaign, in the newspaper
Ra’d-i-lmrvz which he owns and edits, against the
Shah, and Sayyid Zia‘felt that it was impossible to
fight the Russians and the Shah at the same time.
Towards the end of 1945 he became one of the chief
supporters of Qavam-ul-Saltaneh. As a reward for
this, Qavam, when he became Prime Minister in
February 1946, appointed Firuz Political Under
secretary, an office apparently created for the pur
pose, and Director of Propaganda. He became
Minister of Labour and Propaganda in August 1946,
but was dropped when Qavam-ul-Saltaneh re
formed his Cabinet in October 1946 and sent to
Moscow as ambassador. He has a bent "for propa
ganda and sensational journalism and has succeeded
in making himself extremely unpopular even with
his colleagues. His madness is enhanced by a
titanic conceit but not by conspicuous courage.
Rash, unbalanced, dishonest, untruthful and
malicious, w'ould probably sacrifice anything to
bring about the downfall of the Shah.
45. Furdhar, A hhas
Bom about 1895. Though his junior in age, is
an uncle of Abul-Qasim Ferouhar. Member of the
Protocol Department of the Ministry for Foreign
Affairs in 1934, and acted as head of that depart
ment in 1935 and part of 1936. Head of the
Personnel Department, July 1936 to April 1937.
Counsellor, Angora, until September 1938. Head
of the Protocol Department, September 1938.
Speaks French. Married in 1939 a daughter of
Muhammad Ali Muqaddam. Polite, friendly and
well-meaning, but the head of the Protocol Depart
ment under Reza Shah had a thankless task.
Nevertheless, M. Ferouhar, unlike his colleagues
at the Court, survived the ordeal of the Crown
Prince’s wedding celebrations.
Sent to Beirut with the vague title of “ Del4gu4 ”
at the end of 1942. Recalled temporarily in 1943
to give explanations about the conduct of Muzaffar
Firuz. Chargd d’Affaires to Greek Court in Cairo,
June 1944. Minister to Yugoslavia April 1946.
A talkative but somewhat too oily little man.
46. Faruhar, Abul-Qasim
Born in Tehran about 1883. A grandson of Mirza
Abbas Khan Qavam-ed-Douleh, who was Minister
of Finance for some years. Educated in Tehran
and Switzerland; studied law. A judge in the
Tribunal of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs 1915-21.
Chief of Construction at the Tehran Municipality
1921-24. President of the Tribunal 1926-27.
Assistant Director of the Registration Department
in the Ministry of the Interior 1927-28. Judge in
the Appeal Court in 1929. Under-Secretary of the
Ministry of Finance under his great friend Davar
October 1933. Accompanied the Shah on his State
visit to Turkey in June 1934. Minister to France
June 1936; but recalled in January owing to an
anti-Persian press campaign in some French news
papers. Acting Minister of Interior, July, and
Minister, September 1937. Minister of Industry
and Mines, March 1938. Minister of Interior,
August 1938 to February 1939, when superseded
for no stated reason. A Deputy for Tehran in the
twelfth Majlis, October 1939, and in the thirteenth
Majlis, 1941. Appears to have lost some of his
energy, being unwilling to become Minister of the
Interior to run the elections in 1943. Minister of
Posts and Telegraphs and later Minister of Finance
in Sa’id’s Cabinet, March-August 1944. Married
to a Bulgarian lady.
47. Furuhar, Ghulam Husain
Born in 1903. Educated at the School of Political
Science, Tehran and at Berlin University where he
studied economics and law. Entered the Ministry of
Justice in 1928 and held various appointments in
that Ministry until 1934 when he transferred to the
Ministry of Finance. Director-General in the
Ministry of Finance in 1940. In 1941 w T as appointed
to Germany to investigate commercial relations
between Persia and Germany. After relations with
Germany were cut he acted as Economic Counsellor
to the Persian Legation in Switzerland. Returned
to Persia early 1946 and w r as appointed Director-
General of the Taxation Department of the Ministry
of Finance. Minister of Roads and Communications
in Qavam-us-Saltaneh’s Cabinet December 1946.
Speaks fluent French and German. He is
intelligent and agreeable but, politically, he does
not carry much weight.
48. Ghaffari, A mir Saham ud Din (Zuka-
ud-Dauleh).
Born in Tehran about 1880. The second son of
the late Muhandis-ul-Mamalik. Educated in Persia
and Germany. On the staff of the Ministry of

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This file contains copies of the following Foreign Office documents:

  • 'Leading Personalities in Persia, 1947' (folios 3-20)
  • 'Leading Personalities in Iraq, 1947' (folios 21-36)
  • 'Leading Personalities in Saudi Arabia, 1948' (folios 37-47).
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1 file (46 folios)
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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 48; 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.

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