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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 .’ [31r] (66/126)
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—NOTABLES.
59
Is considered to be one of the most honest Persians alive, and
holds aloof from all intrigue.
Age about 70; is Amir-i-Tuman and chief of the 36th, 37th,
50th and 52nd infantry regiments (Kazvin Kadi'm, Kazvin Jadid,
Kamran Farahan and Kazzazi).
82. SAAD-ED-DOWLEH, MIRZA JAYAD KHAN—
Is of Tabriz family. Entered the telegraph department in 18(51 ;
was sent to Tillis in 1867 (with his brother Mirza Abbas Khan,
now dead) to learn Russian. Was telegraph superintendent at
Tabriz in 1871, and w T as also appointed director of the Tabriz
college and paymaster for the Azerbaijan troops. Came to
Teheran, and married a daughter of the late Mukhber-ed-Dowleh.
Intrigued against that minister in 1877, and took sanctuary at
Shah Abdul Azfm (near Teheran). Then became a member of the
Foreign Office through the influence of Husain Khan, Sipar Salar.
Was Persian commissioner at the Paris Exposition of 1878.
Appointed minister to Brussels in 1892, which post he still holds.
Age about 58. Is Amir Tuinan. Speaks French and Russian.
83. SAAB - EL - MULK, MUHAMMAD HASSAN KHAN—
Is the brother of the Nizam-es-Saltaneh, and a member of the Mafi
tribe.
He was
writer
The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping.
and secretary in the late Hissam-es-Saltaneh’s
service, until punished and dismissed by that prince. Later he
received protection from the Sadr Azam (Amin-es-Sultan), and in
1887 he received the governorship of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Ports with
the customs. Held this appointment several times from 1887 on.
Became governor of Luristan in 1895, where the method of his
procedure met with the disapproval of H.M.’s Legation, and at the
instance of Sir Mortimer Durand was removed. The Persian
Government is now under a written engagement not to employ this
official in any part of Persia for a period of five years, commencing
from the date of his dismissal from Luristan.
Like his brother the Nisam-es-Saltaneh, he is very wealthy, and
consequently has much influence in high quarters.
He is said to be an excellent man of business.
Age about 55.
84. SAAD - ES - SALTANEH, AKA BAKIR KHAN—
Commenced life as a servant at Court and rose to be “ Abdar ” of
the late Nassir-ed-Din Shah. Was very much trusted by that
sovereign and accompanied him to Europe in 1873. Subsequently,
in 1881, was appointed governor of Kazvin, which post he held
almost continuously until the death of Nassir-ed-Din Shah in 1896.
Was the first farmer of the Teheran-Kazvin road (1880), and in
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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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