![‘PERSIA. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY, NOTABLES, MERCHANTS, AND CLERGY, COMPILED BY LIEUTENANT-COLONEL H. PICOT, <em>Military Attaché at Teheran</em> .’ [‎17v] (39/126)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000001452.0x0002fe/Mss Eur F112_400_0039.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "‘PERSIA. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY, NOTABLES, MERCHANTS, AND CLERGY, COMPILED BY LIEUTENANT-COLONEL H. PICOT, <em>Military Attaché at Teheran</em> .’ [‎17v] (39/126)")
‘PERSIA. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY, NOTABLES, MERCHANTS, AND CLERGY, COMPILED BY LIEUTENANT-COLONEL H. PICOT, Military Attaché at Teheran .’ [17v] (39/126)
The record is made up of 1 volume (60 folios). It was created in Dec 1897-8 Jul 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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TEHERAN — ROYAL FAMILY.
Fars in 189G and appointed governor of Khorassan in 1897, which
post he now holds.
Had the reputation of being a good governor whilst in
Khorassan, but proved a failure in Fars owing to his rapacity,
is exceedingly grasping and cruel.
His sons are :—
Azam ed Dowleh,
Rifat ed Dowleh,
Akram ed Dowleh,
Salar el Mulk.
Age, about 57.
RUKN-ES-SALTANEH, MUHAMMAD EEZA MIRZA—
Born 14 February, 1883. Is one of the sons of Nassir-ed-Din
Shah. His mother was Badr-es-Saltaneh, a daughter of Reza Kuli
Mirza (died 1861), son of Fath Ali Shah. Has not yet appeared
in public life.
Age 14.
SAHAM EL MULK, MEHDI KULI MIRZA—
Fourth son of Muhammad Yali Mirza (b. 1789, d. 1862), son of
Fath Ali Shah ; and brother of Burhan el Mulk (q.v.).
Entered military service and took part in the siege of Herat in
1856. Was governor of Jam, Bakharz and Khaf in 1888, and of
Gulpaigan in 1897.
Age about 65. Is Amir i Tuman.
NAYAR ED DOWLEH, SULTAN HUSAIN MIRZA—
Son of the late Parviz Mirza, Nayar ed Dowleh who died 1890.
He succeeded his father as governor of Nishapur, which post he
held until the beginning of 1897, when he was appointed governor
of Teheran, which post he holds now, his son, Fath es Salteneh
(q.v.) succeeding him as governor of Nishapur.
Age about 50.
SAIF ED DOWLEH, SULTAN MUHAMMAD MIRZA—
Son of Azud ed Dowleh, Muchul Mirza (q.v.). Has been governor
of Nahavand, Malayar and Tusirkan.
Age about 45; is Amir i Tuman.
SALAR-ED-DOWLEH, ABU’L FATH MIRZA—
Born November 1, 1881, son of the present Shah ; w T as appointed
governor of Kermanshah in 1897, with Hissam - el - Mulk as
Pishkar.
Age 16.
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Printed collection of biographical notices, as well as comments on élite dynasties and tribes of Persia [Iran], written over a period of twelve months and completed in December 1897 by Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Philip Picot (Military Attaché, Teheran [Tehran]), then Acting Oriental Secretary in Her Majesty’s Legation. Amendments were added up until 23 January 1898. The author presented the manuscript to Charles H Hardinge (First Secretary, Foreign Office, London), 27 January 1898. The latter forwarded it to the Marquis of Salisbury (Prime Minister), 28 January 1898, who received it a month later (28 February 1898). The title page (f 1) is stamped as having belonged previously to the Government of India’s Library of the Foreign Office, Simla, where this copy was received with two other copies (two for Simla and one for Calcutta [Kolkata], three copies in total) and a letter from the Secretary of the Political and Secret Department, dated 8 July 1898 (location not disclosed). The contents are marked secret (originally ‘confidential,’ crossed out), and specified as, ‘For the use of Officers in Her Majesty’s Service only.’
The printed work comprises two ‘inclosures’ [enclosures]: firstly, Picot’s letter of presentation to Hardinge (f 2v), prefaced by Hardinge’s letter of presentation to the Marquis of Salisbury (f 2); secondly, the treatise proper (ff 3r-60v). The contents page (f 3v) lists four main sections, but without corresponding page references. Following a brief introduction (f 4), an alphabetic register [index] of names (ff 4v-11v), and a glossary of titles and terms (ff 12r-13v), the work is divided into eight chapters comprising numbered entries. The first four chapters deal with the royal family in Teheran (forty-five entries over ff 14r-19v), the notables of Teheran (ninety-seven entries over ff 20r-32v), the merchants of Teheran (twenty-eight entries over ff 33r-35v), and the clergy of Teheran (eleven entries over ff 36-37). The remaining four chapters focus on the provinces of Fars (thirty-eight entries over ff 37v-44v), Ispahan [Isfahan] (eleven entries over ff 45-47), Khorasan (fifty-nine entries over ff 47v-57v), and Tabriz (twenty-two entries over ff 58-60).
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- 1 volume (60 folios)
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The entries are recorded in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume. Contents page (folio 3v) and indices (folios 4v-13v) are included towards the beginning.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 60; 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.
Pagination: the volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
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