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Correspondence and Papers on Persia [241r] (229/245)
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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KIIOKASSAN.
107
cliicf guardian is frequently changed, but all the other appoint
ments are permanent, and some are hereditary.
4G. AKA KE/A—
Is the only son of Hajji Abul Kassim, Malik ut Tujjar of Khoras-
san (q.v.). On the recommendation of the Muayyid-ed-Dowleh,
the then governor-general of Khorassan, the title ot luiis ut Tujjai
was conferred upon him by Nassir ed Din Shah in 1893, but he
exercises no control or influence over the merchants of Meshed,
lie was the contractor for government grain in 1896.
Age 25.
47. SHADILLU TKIBE OF KURDS—
The Shadillus now number some 15,000 families. They first came
to Khorassan and occupied the Bujnurd district in the reign ot
Shah Abbas Safavi, about a.d. 1600, and Yar Muhammad Khan
(q.v.) is the ninth chief.
48. SHAUKAT El) DO WEEK, MIR ASADULLAH KHAN—
Is at present the head of about 300 families of Timuris who
emigrated from Herat to Khorassan in 1857, under his father, Mir
Ataullah Khan, grandson of Nauroz Khan, brother of Amir Kilich
Khan. Received his present title from the late Nassir ed Din
Shah in 1893. After the Nusrat el Mulk’s (q.v.) departure to
Teheran, he was appointed governor of Jam and Zorabad, which
districts he held until autumn 1897, since when he is out ol
employ.
He has the following sons :—
Abu Turdb Khan, 12 years of age.
Mirza Husain Khan, 2 years of age.
A^e 40. Is Amir i Tuman.
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49 . SHAUKAT EL MULK, MIR ISMAIL KHAN—
Is the hereditary chief of Kain. Belongs to an old family of Arabs.
The present generation is the eighth in descent from the founder
of the family, Mir Ali Khan, of the Arab tribe of Khuzaima, which
is said to have been forced to emigrate from Arabia to Khorassan
in the time, of Khalifa Harun el Rashid, in the beginning of the
ninth century, and was settled in the Kain district as a check on
the turbulent natives of that district. The tribe remained wealthy
flock-owners, and gradually increased in power till Mir Ali Khan,
their chief, became Amir of Kain about the seventeenth centuiy.
His son, Mir Masum Khan, is said to have been in Nadir Shah s
service, and his grandson, Mir Alam Khan, is said to have been the
man who deprived Shah Rukh, grandson of Nadir Shah, of his. eye-
fi-ht at Meshed in 1748. In the disturbances that subsequently
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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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