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the hatred of the Persians who have a great dislike for the name of Umar.' He
receives a pension from the Persian Government and has at different times been
Commanding Officer of the Turshiz battalion of infantry and Governor of Persian
Sarakhs. At present is without employment. Has married a sister of the
Naiyer-ud-Dowleh, present Governor General of Khorasan. Is about 55 years
of age.
Muhammad Hasan Khan— Who is about 45 years of age is the son of
Rajab Beg, and a native of Tabas. Is the revenue collector of the district
of Meshed and is known as Khan-i-Baluk. At present he is the Governor of the
district of Chinaran.
The Chinaran district is inhabited by sections of the Zafranlu Kurds, who,
according to the Sani-ud-Dowleh, late Persian Press Minister, were settled in
the country by Shah Abbas the Great. After the expulsion of the Kurds from
the Atak a few sections of the tribe settled in the upper part of the Meshed valley
and founded Chinaran, but they did not play any important part in the history of
Khorasan until their chief Mamesh Khan raised himself from the position of a
petty headman to that of independent ruler in Khorasan and for forty years during
the reign of Path Ali Shah he was a very troublesome Chief. The possessions
of the tribe then extended up the valley as far as Kuchan and down to Gunabad,
20 miles north of Meshed. After Mamesh Khan’s death his family gradually lost
their importance and his sons and grandsons were deprived of their territorial
possessions the greater part of which fell into the hands of the Chiefs of Kuchan
and Radkan. The Kurds of Chinaran at present numbering about 800 families,
have no hereditary Chief but are under the Governor of the district.
Muhammad Hussain, Mirza —Younger brother of the Motamin-us-
Sultaneh is about 45 years of age. Was for some time Rais-i-Daftar (Head
of Revenue Account Department) of Khorasan and was appointed Governor of
Turshiz during the year 1901-02, but is at present without employment.
Muhammad Husain, Mirza, Herati, Mustaufi— Son of Mirza,
Muhammad, Herati, is about 85 years of age and a refugee from Herat. He
came with the Persian army in 1857, when they retired from Herat, and settled
in Khorasan. Is a pensioner of the Persian Government and also owns landed
property. Was deputed by the Persian Government in 1873 to re-assess the
revenue of Seistan. Has at different times held the Government of the Jam.
Khaf, and Sabzawar districts and the Baluch tribe and also for a short time the
post of the Wazir Minister. of Khorasan during the time of the late Sahib Diwan, Governor-
General of Khorasan.
Muhammad Ibrahim Khan —Who is about 35 years of age is the sob
of the late Muhammad Reza Khan, Chief of the Kaivanlu tribe and Governor
of Radkan. He is one of the leading Khans of the Kaivanlu tribe which at
present has no tribal Chief.
The Kaivanlu is one of the Kurd tribes moved from the west of Persia to
Khorasan by Shah Abbas Safavi about the year 1600. It occupies the districts
of Radkan and Juwain (Sani-ud-Dowleh’s “ Matla-ush-Shams ”) and they now
are said to number about 3,000 families.
Muhammad Khan, Mirza —Son of Mirza, Muhammad Kazim Khan,
is a native of Hamadan and about 60 years of age. He is the Lashkar Navis
Bashi (pay master general) of the Khorasan troops.
Muhammad Mirza, Haji Son of the late Kahraman Mirza, a Kaiar
prince, is the Officer Commanding the Turshiz battalion and is also at present
Governor of Sabzawar. Owns much landed property in the Turshiz, and Turbat-
i-Haiden districts, where he has his home. His eldest son Sultan Husain Mirza
lives at Meshed. Haji Muhammad Mirza is Mir Panj and his age is about 65
Muhammad Yusuf Khan, Sartip— Son of the late Abbas Khan, known
as Raihan a Herat refugee, who came to Persia with the Hisam-us-Sultaneh
in 1857. Was at one time Officer Commanding the Turshiz battalion of infantry,
but at present is Governor of Persian Sarakhs. He is about 55 years of age.
Muin-ut-Taulia, Hashim Mirza— Son of Muhammad Taki, Mirza,
Hisam-us-Sultaneh, surnamed as Shaukat, son of Path Ali Shah, is about 50