مجموعة ٢٨/١٣٤ "بلاد فارس؛ السفير الإيراني في الهند" [و‎‎٨] (٢٤/١٥)

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Brother of Asadullah'^TOTln-Esfandi-etri. Born
in Tehran 1894. Educated in Tehran and Europe.
Entered the Service of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs
in 1916* Secretary at Rome for some time. Chief of
the Economic Section of the Ministry 1929. Chief of
the League of Nations’ section 1932. Counsellor and
Charge d*Affaires at Paris 1933. Counsellor at Moscow
in December 1933, and very soon afterwards transferred
to Angora, where he was Chargd d*Affaires for some time.
Head of the Consular Department, March 1937. Director-
General of Industry and Mines July 1937. Summarily
relieved of that appointment in September owing to a
muddle over the Chalus silk factory that was in reality
due to his predecessor, Jehenbani. Administrative
Director-General of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
December 1937. Minister, Bagdad, August 1938. Sent
on a special mission to Berlin 1939. Left Berlin on
rupture of relations in 1941, and returned to Bagdad
as Minister; recalled to Tehran, on conclusion of five
years’ foreign service, in 1943. Though at first
suspected of pro-German feelings, owing to his visit
to Berlin, he behaved correctly on his second period
of office in Bagdad. Minister of Agriculture in
Soheily’s revised Cabinet of December 1943. Ambassador
to Turkey 1945. Minister for Foreign Affairs under
Qavam-us-Saltaneh September-December 1947 and again
under Hakimi March-June 1948.
Isfandiari, Musa Nurjl
Speaks French and Italian. Pleasant, married
very early, and has a son who is a champion at lawn-tennis