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Correspondence and Papers on Persia [202v] (152/245)
The record is made up of 1 file (127 folios). It was created in 18 Jan 1897-28 Feb 1898. 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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30
TEHERAN— ROYAL FAMILY.
20. HAJJI MUHAMMAD MIRZA—
Son of the late Kahraman Mirza.
Is the present governor of the Turbat i Haidari district of
Khorassan and governor of the Karai tribe (q.v.).
Age 60 ; is Mir Panj.
21. MUIZZ ED DOWLEH, ISMAIL MIRZA—
Son of the late Muizz ed Dowleh, Bahrain Mirza (died 1882), who
was a son of Valiahd Abbas Mirza. He was colonel in 1852.
Age about 60 ; is Amir-i-Tuman.
22. MULK ARA, MUHAMMAD MIRZA—
Son of the late Mulk Ara, Abbas Mirza, who died in 1897, and
was one of the late Shah’s brothers. Accompanied his father to
Russia on the occasion of the Czar’s coronation in 1896.
Age 35, speaks French.
23. MUNTASIR EL MULK,
NAWAB
An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India.
MUHAMMAD HASSAX
MIRZA—
Is the son of the late Jafar Kuli Mirza, who owned considerable
landed property in Khorassan. He is commonly known as Shah-
zada Hassan Khan.
The title of Muntasir el Mulk was conferred upon him by
Niissir ed Din Shah in 1895. In 1894 he was chief of the Persian
Cossacks and police of Meshed, and in 1895 became governor of
Turbat-i-Haidari. In September, 1895, he was treacherously
seized by Asaf ed Dowleh, then governor-general of Khorassan,
and deported from Meshed with the Nusrat et Mulk the Timuri
chief, for personal enmity. He returned shortly afterwards but
has not been again employed. He was placed in charge of the
administrative aliairs of Meshed by the government, pending the
arrival of the Rukn ed Dowleh, the present governor-general of
Khorassan and Sistan, but was relieved of the work' by Hajji
Mirza Mahmud Khan Beglar Beggi, by order of the Rukn ed
Dowleh.
Age about 50.
24. MUTAMAD ED DOWLEH ABDUL A LI MIRZA—
Son of the late Mutamaded Dowleh, Ferhad Mirza (born 181 7, died
1888;, who was a son of Valiahd Abbas Mirza. Was some time
pi hate secretary to Nassir ed din Shah, and had the title of
Ihtesham el Mulk. vV as governor of Khamseh (Zenjan), and
received the title of Ihtesham ed Dowleh in 1888; and his present
title in 1892 on his elder brother s death, who was governor of Ears.
Is married to a daughter of the late Shah and holds the district of
lalikan in fief. Is learned and a poet.
Age about 42 : is Amir i Tuman ; speaks French.
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This volume consists mainly of correspondence received by George Nathaniel Curzon, mostly on matters relating to Persia.
The letters are from friends, acquaintances and other correspondents, including a number of army officers, diplomats, writers and travellers with an interest in Persia. Many of the letters discuss the internal affairs of Persia and British policy regarding that country, mostly from the perspective of British officers and diplomats who are residing or have visited there. Reference is also made to Curzon's recent book, Persia and the Persian Question , and the correspondence includes suggested revisions for future editions of the book. Notable correspondents include Albert Houtum-Schindler, Benjamin W Stainton, and John Richard Preece, British Consul at Ispahan.
Also included in the file is a first proof of a paper by Captain Percy Molesworth Sykes entitled 'Recent Journeys to Persia', which was read at the Royal Geographical Society on 28 June 1897.
The file concludes with a copy of a printed report entitled 'Persia: Biographical Notices of Members of the Royal Family, Notables, Merchants, and Clergy', dated December 1897 and compiled by Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Philip Picot, Military Attaché at Teheran [Tehran] for the use of the British Legation.
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- 1 file (127 folios)
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The papers proceed in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 123, and terminates at f 247, as it is part of a larger physical volume; 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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- Correspondence and Papers on Persia
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, 123r:124v, 166r, 167r:168v, 187r:247v, i-r:i-v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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