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1927 to attend the tenth anniversary of the Soviet
regime. From Moscow he went to Berlin and Paris
and returned to Persia early in 1928. He was
elected a Deputy to the seventh Majlis in 1928 and
to the eighth Majlis in 1930.
Edited or controlled his paper till about July
1935, receiving subsidies now from the Shah and
now from the Soviet Embassy. He is a hot-headed
firebrand with no scruples and no principles, and
is capable of the basest villainy if it will help him
to attain his ends. He speaks no European
language, except a little French.
In July 1935 he fell into disgrace and was said
to have uttered disparaging remarks about Reza
Shah’s regime. His paper was suppressed and he
himself was allowed to plead sickness and to retire
to a Government hospital, where he was made to
pay well for his maintenance.
At liberty again at the end of 1936. In charge
of the Press Bureau of the Ministry of Interior in
1937.
Since the fall of Reza has returned to the fore
front of Tehran politics. A severe critic of Feroughi
and Soheily in 1942, he worked hard for the return
of Qawam-es-Saltaneh as Prime Minister. When
the latter came back to power and did not make
Dashti a Minister, he turned against him and
criticised him in many speeches. Dashti is
•^Viinly a persuasive orator, who holds the
attention of the Majlis as few other persons can
do. A prime mover in the Adalat party, he now
utters the most enthusiastic praise of democracy
on the British model, and evidently hopes that his
past will be forgotten by us. As he appears to
have much more audacity and forensic ability than
most of his rivals, he may well go a good deal
further than his present position as a Majlis
Deputy. Elected to fourteenth Majlis 1943.
Since the oil crisis of 1944 he has opposed the
spread of Russian influence in Persia, and has
strongly supported the “ resistance ” Cabinets
preceding Qavam-us-Saltan eh’s. Was consistently
attacked by Tudeh press during this period.
Trusted little even by his friends who regard his
excessive attachment to women (which he publicly
displays) as not in keeping with high office.
Arrested May 1946. Released December 1946.
Fahimi, Khalil (Fahim-ul-Mulk)
'X)rn about 1885. Related to the Mukhbir-ud-
I^Nouleh (Hedayat) family.
Employed in various posts in the Foreign Office
early in his career. Minister of Finance in June
1922. Appointed Governor-General of Kerman in
October 1925, but did not proceed. Member of the
Majlis for Quchan on several occasions. Rapporteur
of the Financial Commission of the Majlis.
Supported, by a speech in the Majlis, the cancella
tion of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company concession.
Appointed Governor-General of Azerbaijan in
February 1934. Ambassador to Turkey, May 1936.
Recalled, November 1939.
Prominent member of the Society of Supporters
of the League of Nations, founded in December 1933.
Governor-General at Tabriz, 1941, after the fall of
Reza. Did not display much energy in dealing
with a difficult and delicate situation. Recalled to
Tehran at the end of 1942. Minister without
portfolio in Soheily’s Cabinet of 1943. Minister
without portfolio August 1944-April 1945. Minister
of Interior in Hakimi’s Cabinet, November 1945,
but was forced by the Prime Minister to resign
at the end of December. Speaks French. Very
agreeable and reasonable in conversation.
34. Farhudi, Dr. Hussein
Born about 1899. Son-in-law of Wahid-ul-Mulk
Sahibani. Educated in Tehran. Served in various
capacities in the Ministry of Education, at Tehran
and in the provinces. Has also done newspaper
work. One of the Directors-General of the Ministry,
1943. Successful candidate for Dasht-i-Mishun and
Susangird in the fourteenth Majlis, 1943, though he
had little connexion previously with that district
beyond having been representative of the Ministry
of Education in Ahwaz about 1933. Arrested by
Qavam-us-Saltaneh, December 1946. Released
January 1947.
35. Farrukh, Mehdi (Mu'tasim - us-
Saltaneh).
A Seyyid. Born about 1887. Was for some years
in the employ of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs
and head of the 2nd Political Department, dealing
with eastern countries. Minister at Kabul in
1927-28. Subsequently Director-General of Indus
try. Governor of Western Azerbaijan, February 1936.
Again Director-General of Industry and Mines,
September 1937, and shortly afterwards raised to
the newly-created appointment of Minister of
Industry and • Mines. Removed from this post
without explanation, March 1938.
Governor-General of Fars 1940, and of Kerman
in 1941. Minister of the Interior of Soheily’s
Cabinet, July 1942, and in spite of Majlis opposition
maintained his place in the Cabinet. Qawam-es-
Saltaneh, in August, made him Minister of Food,
in which post he displayed a sort of crazy activity
which irritated many and did not achieve much.
Having fallen out with the American adviser
Sheridan, he left the Ministry of Food on the fall
of the Qawam Cabinet in February 1943. Elected
a Deputy for Zabul in the fourteenth Majlis,
November 1943.
Appointed Governor-General of Fars, December
1945, but was recalled in February 1946.
36. Farzaneh, Hassan
Born about 1892. Educated at Tehran and in
France. Was in the service of the Ministry for
Foreign Affairs for about twelve years, during which
he acted as Chargd d’Affaires for Moscow and Rome
in 1924 and 1929. Transferred to the Ministry of
Interior in 1935, and appointed Governor of
Khorramshahr in February 1936. Assumed charge
of the Gotfemorates of Khorramshahr and Abadan
in October 1936. Employed in Ministry of Interior
1942. Head of Political Department 1943.
Appointed Director-General of the Ministry of the
Interior, December 1943. Governor-General of
Gilan in November 1944 but recalled a year later
as being too subservient to the Russians. Special
Inspector, Ministry of Interior, April 1946.
Speaks French, a fair amount of English and a
little Russian. Well educated and polished, keenly
interested in westernisation.
37. Fatih, Mahmud
Brother of Mustafa Fatih. Born about 1900 at
Isfahan and educated at Tehran and at Montpelier.
Trained in agriculture and husbandry. In charge
of the Karaj agricultural school for some years.
Under-Secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture 1943.
Has planned a model village at Veramine, of which
he is very proud. Minister of Agriculture in Sa'id’s
Cabinet, March 1944, but only retained office for
a few days.
Helpful and business-like, though inclined to be
too optimistic and to imagine that all Persia’s
agricultural difficulties can be solved by tractors.
38. Fatih, Mustafa
Born in Isfahan about 1897. Son of Fatih-ul-
Mulk, a servant of the Prince-Governor of Isfahan,
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