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His father was assassinated by the Jungalis,
and he, together with his family, fled to Tehran
when the Bolsheviks occupied Gilan in 1920. Clerk
in the Prime Minister’s office 1920-21. Secretary
to the Governor of Gilan 1921-22. Transferred
to the Ministry of Public Works and assistant to
the American adviser, Colonel Morris 1928-28.
Dismissed from that post, apparently for dis
honesty. Joined the Ulen Company in 1929, when
the latter had a contract to construct the railways
in the south. Transferred to the Ministry for
Foreign Affairs 1931; first secretary in London
April 1932. First secretary in Cairo March 1933.
Suspended by tbe Ministry shortly after, apparently
for conduct in London when the d’Arcy Concession
was cancelled. In 1934 Chief of Personnel at the
Ministry of the Interior; and then director of the
Tourist Department and chief of the Touring Club
of Iran. Went to Moscow in September 1936 to
arrange the transfer of the Russian tourist organisa
tion “ Intourist ” to his organisation, newly named
“ Irantour.” Assistant to the Chief of the Tehran
Municipality October 1937, but returned to the
Ministry of Interior in 1938. Director of Adminis
trative Services in the Ministry August 1938.
Acting Chief of Tehran Municipality July 1939.
Incurred Reza Shah’s displeasure and was
relieved of his charge of the Municipality in
September 1940. He then joined “ Irantour ” and
also served on the board of the Caspian Fisheries
Mixed Administration. Appointed Mayor of Tehran
in 1944. A supporter of Sayyid Zia he was actively
opposed to all Tudeh party influence in the
Municipality. He thus incurred the hostility of
all Left-wing elements and in December 1945,
Hakimi (then Prime Minister) dismissed him as
a gesture of conciliation. In 1942 divorced his
Persian wife and married a Polish refugee. In 1946
he became managing director of Iranian Airways.
Author of a widely used guide book to Iran.
Speaks English, French and Russian. Clever, not
to be trusted very far.
60. Intizam, Nasrullah
Born about 1899. Son of the late Entezam-us-
Saltaneh, and nephew of Hassan Ali Ghaffari.
Educated in Tehran at the School of Political
Science. Secretary at Paris 1926. Secretary at
Warsaw 1927-32 Secretary to the Persian dele
gates to the League of Nations during the Anglo-
Persian Oil Company dispute in 1933. Member of
the Persian delegation to the World Economic Con
ference 1933. Secretary at London May 1933.
Transferred to Washington 1934. Has also served
in the Treaty Department of the Minstry for Foreign
Affairs. First secretary at Berne 1936. “ D^ldgue
suppliant ” at the League of Nations May 1938.
Head of the Third Political Department, Ministy for
Foreign Affairs (dealing intW alia with Great
Britain), July 1938. Attended the Duke of Spoleto’s
wedding in Italy, June 1939.
Master of Ceremonies at the Court in March 1941.
Minister of Posts and Telegraphs in the reconstruc
tion of Qawam-es-Saltaneh’s Cabinet in February
1943, a post which he retained in the following
Cabinet of Soheily. Minister of Communications
and subsequently of Foreign Affairs in Bayat’s
Cabinet of November 1944. Resigned in April 1944.
Member of the Persian Delegation to San Francisco.
Persian Delegate to Executive Commission of
U.N.O. in London with rank of ambassador.
Member of Persian Delegation to U.N.O. January
1946 and again in September.
Quiet and attractive. Helpful and honest.
Speaks French and English.
61. Iqbal, All
Born in Meshed about 1895. Son of a well-known
landowner of Khorasan, with property at Kashmar
and elsewhere in the province. Deputy in the
twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth Majlises. Never
in Government service, but well acquainted with
Khorasan politics. Aspired to becoming the
mutawalli-bashi of the Meshed shrine 1943, but did
not succeed owing to the opposition of the Governor-
General. An enemy of Soheily, he was a professing
supporter of Sayyid Zia-ud-Din when his fortunes
were at their height.
62. Iqbal, Manuchihr
Younger brother of Ali Iqbal. Born at Meshed
about 1898. Educated at Tehran at the medical
school, and then in France, where he qualified as a
doctor and received a medal for research. Returned
to Persia in 1939 and was employed for some time in
the Ministry of Public Health. Under-Secretary of
the Ministry 1943, he ran the technical side of the
Ministry’s work with success. Minister for Health
August 1944 (Sa’id’s Cabinet). Enjoys patronage
of Qavam-us-Saltaneh. Minister for Health in
Qavam’s Cabinet February 1946.
Married to a Frenchwoman. Friendly and
intelligent he is a good doctor but as a politician
has a reputation for laziness.
63. 1 sfandiari, Asadullah Yamin (Yamij^
ul-Mamalik)
Son of the late Yamin-ul-Mamalik and a nephew
of Hassan Esfandiari. Born in Tehran 1885.
Educated in Tehran and Tiflis. Entered the service
of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1901; in 1908
had reached the rank of deputy chief of the Foreign
Office Tribunal. Karguzar in Isfahan 1917.
Governor of the Gulf Ports 1921-23. Consul-
general at Baku 1924—29. Governor of Mazanderan
1930-32. Recalled from that post and under a cloud
for some time. Director of the Tehran Telephone
Company.
Deputy in the thirteenth Majlis 1941 to 1943. Is
a director of most of the important companies of the
capital, and finds time to look after the affairs of the
Aero-Club as well. Has a typical capitalist and
conservative outlook, but nevertheless spoke in the
Majlis in favour of the factory workers at Isfahan.
Re-elected to the fourteenth Majlis for Babul.
64. Isfandiari, Falhullah Nuri
Second son of Hassan Esfandiari (Muhtashim-us-
Saltaneh). Born about 1895. Educated in Switzer
land and France. Second secretary of the Persian
Legation in London 1914-24. Assistant chief of the
English Section at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs
1925. First secretary at Washington 1926-29.
Counsellor at Paris 1929—30 Counsellor in London
and Charge d’Affaires 1930-31, and was in charge
at the time of the Persian Exhibition. Chief of the
Economics Section at the Ministry for Foreign
Affairs 1932. Charge d’Affaires again in London
March to December 1933. Head of the Treaty
Department at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs
1934; served also in the Passport section. For
three months from the end of 1935 he was in Bag
dad on a mission charged with negotiations over the
frontier dispute, but achieved little. ‘ ‘ Chef du
protocole ” May 1936 to December 1937. In charge
of the Government-controlled ‘' Iran ’ ’ Insurance
Company 1938. Appointed Persian Government
representative with the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company .
1942 in London. Minister to Polish Government in
London, January 1944. Returned to Persia 1945.
Married to a Frenchwoman; speaks French and
English. Conscientious and helpful; an excellent
type of permanent official, though he has not
inherited the eloquence of his father, much to the
latter’s disappointment.