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'Additions and Corrections to Who's Who in Persia (Volume IV)' [‎70r] (146/312)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (152 folios). It was created in 1924. 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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MIBZA ABUL WASIM KHAN, BASIR-US-SULTA-
NEH. Born 1880. Eldest son of late Haji Mirza
Asadullah Khan, 'Mutashir-ul-Mnlk. The third in
descent from a native of India, Mirza Abul Qasim
who on pilgrimage from India to Meshed was
attacked by bandits between Dashtarjin and Shiraz
and lost his mother and brothers killed. Accord
ing to Farmans from Fath Ali Shah and Husain Ali
Mirza his son the Prince Governor A Prince of the Royal line who also acted as Governor of a large Iranian province during the Qājār period (1794-1925). -General of Ears,
Mirza Abul Qasim was then granted in compensation
for a claim put forward by the British agent, the
village of Sirizjun near Shiraz and an annual pen
sion, with the special permission of owning property
even if he elected to remain a British subject.
These Farmans were endorsed by others to ins
descendants by Muhammad Shah, Nasir-ud-Din Shah,
Muzaffar-ud-Din Shah, and a Persian Cabinet after
the Constitution. The late Haji Mustashir-ul-Mulk
and his father were for several decades the confiden
tial secretaries of the Ilkhanis of the Qashqai : and
In conjunction with the Ilkhanis Zargham-ud-Douleh
and Soulat-ud-Douleh acquired shares in a vast
number of villages in some six or seven districts cf
Fars, now inherited by Basir-us-Sultaneh and his
brother and sister. Haji Mustashir-ul-Mulk and his
sons have always claimed British protection as
British subjects and are registered. See his brother
Mirza Ali Khan, Basir Diwan, and his brother-;n-
law Imad-ul-Mulk.
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MjRZA ABUL WASIM KHAN, NASIR-UL-MULK II.
Born about 1852. Son of Haji Mirza Abdullali
Khan (1815-1888) deputy-guardian of shrine at Meshed,
who was elder son of Fathullah Khan (1798-1826),
youngest brother of Haji Qawam-ul-Mulk I. Mother
was a daughter of Haji Qawam-ul-Mulk I.
First a Mustaufi, with little possessions, then a munshi A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf.
of his father’s first cousin Haji Mirza Hasan All,

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The volume consists of additions and corrections to the biographical dictionary of individuals, families, and tribes given in Who's Who in Persia (Volume IV) Persian Baluchistan, Kerman, Bandar Abbas, Fars, Yezd and Laristan , compiled by the General Staff, India, from 1923.

It also includes genealogical trees for certain entries.

Published by the Government Central Press, Delhi, 1924.

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1 volume (152 folios)
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The biographical entries are arranged in alphabetical order from front to back, with cross-references where required.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 153; these numbers are printed or in pencil, and are located in the centre at the top of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front cover.

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