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‘PERSIA. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY, NOTABLES, MERCHANTS, AND CLERGY, COMPILED BY LIEUTENANT-COLONEL H. PICOT, Military Attaché at Teheran .’ [29r] (62/126)
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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TEH ERAST—N OTA RLES.
55
1896, was appointed chief of arsenals. In the spring of 1897 was
sent on a special mission to several European courts to announce
the accession of Muzaffar-ed-Din Shah. Received the
G.C.M.G.
[Knight] Grand Cross of [the Order of] St Michael and St George (accolade).
in
the same year.. •
Is highly educated, and is probably one of the most capable
men in Persia. His relations with H.M.’s Legation in Teheran
have always been of the most cordial nature. Is a member of the
Council.
Age about 40; rank, Amir-i-Tuman; speaks English, French,
and German.
73. NASSIR ES SALTANEH—
Son of Nizam el Ulema, of Tabriz, and nephew of
Vakil
Elected representative or attorney, acting in legal matters such as contracting marriage, inheritance, or business; a high-ranking legal official; could also refer to a custodian or administrator.
el Midk,
Ndzam cd Dowleh, and Ala el Mulk (q.v.).
Appointed minister of Crown Domains and Agriculture in
December, 1897.
Age 28.
74. NAYYAR EL MULK, JAFAR KULI KHAN—
Brother of the late Ali Kuli Khan, Mukhber ed Dowleh (q.v.).
Born in Shiraz 1830. Came to Teheran 1839. Entered the
College when it was founded in 1849 ; became assistant-director of
the College in the sixties, and director of it on his father’s death in
1871. In April, 1897, he was made Yazir i Ulum (minister of
Public Instruction), which post he now holds.
Age 67; speaks French.
75. NAZAM ED DOWLEH, MIRZA ASAD ULLAH KHAN—
Son of the Nizam el Ulema, of Tabriz. AYas appointed secretary
to the Persian legation in St. Petersburg!!, and afterwards became
governor of Ardebil, in Azerbaijan. He was Persian minister to
Russia for some time ; and then was appointed ambassador to
Constantinople, where he remained for about two-and-a-half years,
until 1895, when he was replaced by his brother the Ala el Mulk.
Went as governor-general to Ears in 1896, and returned to
Teheran in December, 1897, being superseded by
Firman
A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’).
Firma.
Age about 55. Is a member of the council, and speaks French
and Russian.
76. NAZIM EL MULK, MIRZA JAHANGIR KHAN—
Has been many years in the Foreign Office, was Foreign Office
agent in Tabriz until 1897, and was then appointed in charge of
English section in the Foreign Office.
Age about 45.
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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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