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‘PERSIA. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY, NOTABLES, MERCHANTS, AND CLERGY, COMPILED BY LIEUTENANT-COLONEL H. PICOT, Military Attaché at Teheran .’ [24v] (53/126)
The record is made up of 1 volume (60 folios). It was created in Dec 1897-8 Jul 1898. 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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46
TEHERAN—NOTABLES.
position of Foreign Minister, and died 1897. Joined the finance
(Daftar) department as a Mustaufi or accountant; received the title
of Muaven-el-Mulk, and, on his father’s death, succeeded to the
title of Kavvam-ed-Dowleh.
Is very wealthy, and a Member of the Council. .Age about 50.
Speaks French.
40. KAVVAM-ES-SALTANEH, NARIMAN KHAN—
Is an Armenian by birth, and nephew of the late Manuchehr Khan,
Motamad-ed-Dowleh, governor of Ispahan and Arabistan during
Muhammad Shah’s reign. He accompanied Ferrukh Khan, special
Ambassador to Europe in 1857, as private secretary and General of
Infantry. Held several appointments abroad as Secretary of
Legation, and was appointed Minister Henipotentiary to Vienna
in 1873, which post he still holds.
His brother, Jahangir Khan, who died some years ago, was,fora
long time, Chief of Arsenals, with title of Sani-ed-Dowleh. Is
Amir
Toman
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
. Age about 70 ; speaks French.
41. MAJD ED DOWLEH, MEHDI KULI KHAN KAJAK—
Son of Majd-ed-Dowleh, Amir Aslan Khan, who died 1871.
Accompanied Nassir-ed-Din Shah three times to Europe. Was
Chamberlain, Chief of the Royal Household, Amir Akhor, etc.
Married Fahhr-ed-Dowleh, daughter of the late Shah. She died
in 1893.
Was appointed governor of Khamseh in early part of 1897, and
still holds that post. Age about 50 ; is Amir-i-Tuman.
42. MAJD-EL-MULK, MIRZA TAKI KHAN—
Son of the late Majd-el-Mulk, and brother of the Amin-ed-Dowleh,
the present Sadr-Azam. Was appointed minister of religious
endowments in 1876, and continues to hold that post.
Note. — January, 1898.—Has been placed in charge of the
Ministry of Interior under his brother.
43. MUTAMED-EL-MULK, MIRZA HUSAIN KHAN—
Is the son of the late Mushir-ed-Dowleh, Yahya Khan, Minister for
Foreign Affairs. His mother was the Izzat-ed-Dowleh, the late
Shah’s sister. Married Kamar-ed-Dowleh, a daughter of Muzaffar-
ed-Din Shah, who died in 1893.
Has no official post.
Is Amir
Toman
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
.
44. MUAVEN ED DOWLEH, MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM KHAN—
Is of the Ghaffari family, and son of Ferrukh Khan, who concluded
the treaty of peace between England and Persia in 1857. Was
Chamberlain to Nassir-ed-Din Shah. He was appointed Foreign
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Printed collection of biographical notices, as well as comments on élite dynasties and tribes of Persia [Iran], written over a period of twelve months and completed in December 1897 by Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Philip Picot (Military Attaché, Teheran [Tehran]), then Acting Oriental Secretary in Her Majesty’s Legation. Amendments were added up until 23 January 1898. The author presented the manuscript to Charles H Hardinge (First Secretary, Foreign Office, London), 27 January 1898. The latter forwarded it to the Marquis of Salisbury (Prime Minister), 28 January 1898, who received it a month later (28 February 1898). The title page (f 1) is stamped as having belonged previously to the Government of India’s Library of the Foreign Office, Simla, where this copy was received with two other copies (two for Simla and one for Calcutta [Kolkata], three copies in total) and a letter from the Secretary of the Political and Secret Department, dated 8 July 1898 (location not disclosed). The contents are marked secret (originally ‘confidential,’ crossed out), and specified as, ‘For the use of Officers in Her Majesty’s Service only.’
The printed work comprises two ‘inclosures’ [enclosures]: firstly, Picot’s letter of presentation to Hardinge (f 2v), prefaced by Hardinge’s letter of presentation to the Marquis of Salisbury (f 2); secondly, the treatise proper (ff 3r-60v). The contents page (f 3v) lists four main sections, but without corresponding page references. Following a brief introduction (f 4), an alphabetic register [index] of names (ff 4v-11v), and a glossary of titles and terms (ff 12r-13v), the work is divided into eight chapters comprising numbered entries. The first four chapters deal with the royal family in Teheran (forty-five entries over ff 14r-19v), the notables of Teheran (ninety-seven entries over ff 20r-32v), the merchants of Teheran (twenty-eight entries over ff 33r-35v), and the clergy of Teheran (eleven entries over ff 36-37). The remaining four chapters focus on the provinces of Fars (thirty-eight entries over ff 37v-44v), Ispahan [Isfahan] (eleven entries over ff 45-47), Khorasan (fifty-nine entries over ff 47v-57v), and Tabriz (twenty-two entries over ff 58-60).
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The entries are recorded in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume. Contents page (folio 3v) and indices (folios 4v-13v) are included towards the beginning.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 60; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
Pagination: the volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
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