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Correspondence and Papers on Persia [216r] (179/245)
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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93
TEHERAN—NOTABLES.
57
be employed in Southern Persia, or in any place where he might
injure British Trade. This was agreed to, and Nizam es Saltaneh
became minister of justice and commerce in Teheran.
He has considerable influence, and has amassed great wealth,
possessing landed property ol considerable value in Southern I eisia,
and on the Karim Biver.
Age about 60.
80.
NUPtT FAMILY—
This family has its name from the Mazandarani district of Nur,
and came into prominence at the end of the eighteenth centuiy
when Aka Baba Khan Nuri received an appointment at the court
of Aka Muhammad Khan the first Kajar Shah. Aka Baba Khan
had three sons, Mirza Asad Ullah Khan, Nasr l llah Khan and
Muhammad Zaki Khan, and in 1798, when Fath Ah Shah
appointed his son,
Firman
A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’).
Firma Husain Ali Mirza governor ot
Ears and sent 80 Nuri tufangchis with him as a special body
guard, Aka Baba Khan’s two younger sons, Nasr Ullah Khan, and
Muhammad Zaki Khan, as well as Hajji Shukr Ullah Khan, a son
of the eldest son, went to Shiraz, and their descendants are there
3 W and known as the 7s uris of Shiraz.
Nasr Ullah Khan (lied in 1800. Muhammad Zaki Khan
-came vizir of Fare in 1823, and of his three sons the eldest,
lirza Naim, became Lashkar Navis Bashi of Pars and died 18 < o ;
ic second Khair Ullah Khan, was murdered by some Khalaj
jbbers ; and the third, Abbas Kuli Khan, entered military service
ml rose to be commander of the Kazvin regiments. Mirza Naim s
Idest son, Mirza Ali Muhammad Khan, succeeded his father as
■ashkar Navis Bashi of Fare, died 1878, and was succeeded by ns
on Luff AH Khan, who was born in 1860, and is now living in
Ihiraz. Another son of Mirza Naim was Mirza Abdullah Khan
Justanfi, who died at Teheran, and whose three sons, Fath d Mulk
n v ) Mirza Muhammad Husain Khain, and Zam d AUAmk ma,
re now living in Shiraz. The murdered Khair Ullah Khans
Idest son is Abdul Husain Khan, born 1828, Sartip of Artilleiy,
„d now living in Shiraz, and his eldest son is Faraj Ullah Khan,
iartip, who married a daughter of Nassir el Mulk, son of Kavvam
1 Mulk I (see Hashimiyeh family), was several times governor o
landar Abbasi and other small districts of Kars and is now living
n Shiraz. Of Abbas Kuli Khan, the third son of Muhammad Zaki
Khan one son, Khan Baba Khan, Sartip. is now living.
Ha i Shukr Ullah Khan, son of Mirza Asad Ullah Khan who
iccompanied his uncles to Shiraz in 1798, married a daugh er of
Firman
A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’).
Firma Husain Ali Mirza in 1826, became Amir i Diva
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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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