"ملف ١١/ ٤٤ الشخصيات الرائدة في العراق وإيران والمملكة العربية السعودية" [و‎‎١‎٤] (٩٦/٢٧)

listen to the advice of worthless subordinates, and
on the other hand determined to emulate his father
and (in the reported words of Stalin to him at the
Tehran Conference in November—December 1943)
“be a King in fact as well as in name.’’ His
admiration for his father, and the influence of his
bitterly anti-British mother, must both tend to make
him believe the theory which his mother instils into
him, that the British expelled Iteza Shah, whereas
in actual fact the latter abdicated at the advance of
Bussian troops on Tehran.
He has become a good amateur pilot and is a
skilled horseman.
At heart he distrusts Qavam-us-Saltaneh and has
had a number of serious differences with him since
he became Prime Minister in 1946. In the latter
part of 1946 and early months of 1947 the Shah’s
popularity steadily increased.
He has intelligence, courage and a capacity for
intrigue. In public utterances and official inter
views he is plausible but he has no discrimination in
the choice of his advisers and tends to take the
advice of the last person he sees.
110. Pahlavi Royal Family
The following are recognised members of the
Pahlavi Royal Family: —
Sons—
(i) Shahpour
1922.
Ali Reza, born the 1st March,
(ii) Shahpour Ghulam Reza, born the
13th April, 1923.
(iii) Shahpour Abdur Reza, born the 19th
August, 1924.
(iv) Shahpour Ahmad Reza, born the 17th
September, 1925.
(v) Shahpour Mahmoud Reza, born the 3rd
October, 1926.
(vi) Shahpour Hamid Reza, born the 4th July,
1932.
Daughters—
(i) Shahdukht (Princess) Shams-ul-Muluk,
born the 18th October, 1917. Married
Feridun, son of Mahmoud Jam, 1937.
Has a daughter.
(ii) Shahdukht Ashraf-ul-Muluk, born the 26th
October, 1919. Married Ali Qawam,
son of Qawam-ul-Mulk, 1937, but a
divorce took place early in 1942, with
^ the Shah’s approval. Princess Ashraf
has a son, Shah-Ram, who is at present
the only male grandchild of the ex-Shah,
Reza. Married 1944 the son of an
Egyptian Pasha.
(iii) Fatima Khanum, bom the 30th October,
1920. Does not appear to be recognised
as a princess.
Of these (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi) of the sons, and
(iii) of the daughters, are the offspring of the ex-
Shah’s second consort, Ismat (Esmat) Pahlavi;
the rest are offspring of the present Shah’s mother,
except (ii), whose mother, long ago divorced, is
Turan, daughter of the late Raji Majd-ud-Douleh,
K.C.M.G.
111. Pakravan, Fathullah (Amir-i-Arfa)
Born about 1885. First became known as a mem
ber of the second Majlis, where it appears that he
was the laughing-stock of his colleagues. In 1910
he obtained the appointment of Persian Consul-
* General in Constantinople. From Constantinople he
went to Egypt as consul-general, and later became
Persian Minister there until he returned to Tehran
early in 1925. In 1925 he was appointed Director of
the Russian and Turkish section in the Ministry for
Foreign Affairs. Appointed Persian Minister in
Rome in December 1928. Appointed Persian
Ambassador to the U.S.S.R. in February 1931. Was
accredited also to Finland and Estonia as Minister
in 1932. Recalled from Moscow in February 1934.
Appointed Governor-General of Khorassan Novem
ber 1934. Recalled and brought to Tehran under
arrest on various charges of peculation and
irregular conduct in February 1942 but was released
without trial. Appointed ambassador to Italy late
1945. Left to take up appointment May 1946.
Speaks French fluently. Has a Russian wife who
speaks fluent English.
112. Pirnia, Husain (Mutamin-ul-Mulk)
Born about 1875, the second son of the late
Mushir-ed-Dowleh. Educated in France. After
finishing his studies he returned to Persia in 1902,
and became secretary to his father, who was then
Minister for Foreign Affairs. Received his first
Cabinet appointment in 1918 as Minister of
Education. Was appointed a Minister without
Portfolio in 1920. He has generally preferred a
parliamentary to a ministerial career, and was
elected to every term of the Majlis since its
inception until the seventh term. To that term
also he was elected, but refused to take his seat,
as he did not consider the elections to have been
held freely. He was chosen as president for the
whole terms of the third and fourth Parliaments
and for the greater part of the fifth term and for
half of the sixth term, and he showed himself to
be firm and impartial.
Has not come back to politics since the fall
of Reza Shah, though he is often mentioned in
terms of extravagant praise as the most honest
man, if not the only honest man, in Persia. He
refused to form a Government on the fall of the
Qawam-es-Saltaneh Government in February 1943,
in spite of the insistent request of the Deputies;
and similarly refused to be head of the Committee
of Supervision for the Tehran elections to the
Majlis in 1943. Elected for Tehran 1944 but
refused to take his seat.
Has property in Tehran. Wealthy. Not
interested in politics; is influential and respected.
Religious and anti-foreign. Has retired from public
life but force of circumstances may bring him back.
Head of the Pirnia family.
113. Pishavari, Mir Jafar
Born in Tabriz 1894 but is little known there,
having spent most of his life in Tehran and
elsewhere. Was imprisoned in Tehran as a
Bolshevik in the time of Reza Shah. Edited Left-
wing newspaper Ajir and in 1944 went to Tabriz
for the elections for the 14th Majlis and his
candidature was supported in every possible way
by the Russians but his credentials were subse
quently rejected by the Majlis. Founded the
“ Demokrat ’’ party in Tabriz in September 1945
and was elected “Prime Minister’’ of the autono
mous Azerbaijan “ Government ” in December
1945. In this capacity came to Tehran in April
1946 to negotiate with the Central Government
about the future of the autonomous republic which
has been created in Azerbaijan. Fled to Russia
when Persian troops entered Azerbaijan in 1946.
114. Purvali, Abul-Qa&im
Born in Tehran about 1896. Educated in Tehran
at the School of Political Science. Entered the
service of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1921.
A judge in the Foreign Office Tribunal from 1922
to 1924. Second secretary at Brussels 1925-27.
First secretary at Rome 1927-30. Transferred to
the Department of Commerce in 1931, and
employed there as chief of the Import Permits
section. In 1933 chief of the Passport and
Nationality section of the Ministry for Foreign