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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 .’ [26v] (57/126)
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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50
TEHERAN—NOTABLES.
He was made a C.I.E. in 1882, and K.C.I.E. in 1889. He left
four sons:
I. Husain Kuli Khan, the present Mukhber ed Dowleh,
director of telegraphs, with title of Mukhber el Mulk
since 1877; Minister of Telegraphs and Mukhber ed
Dowleh since his father’s death. His eldest son has the
title of Mukhber el Marnalik, and is in the Telegraph
Service.
II. Sani ed Doioleh, Murteza Kali Khan. Was educated in
Berlin from 1876-1884. Married a daughter of the
present Shah in 1888. Was Chief of Arsenals for a short
time in 1896. Appointed Minister of Treasury and
chief of the Mint in November, 1896; resigned the
Treasury in April, 1897, and the Mint in October, 1897.
Speaks German, French, and a little English.
III. Mehdi Kuli Khan, generally known as Khan i Khanan ;
was some years in Berlin, and on his return thence was
appointed Chamberlain at Court. Keceived title of
Mukhber el Mulk in August, 1897. Speaks German
and French.
IY. Muhammad Kuli Khan. Beceived title of Mukhber es
Saltaneh in August, 1897. Was educated for two or
three years in Berlin. Speak German.
54. MUMTAHAN ED DOWLEH, MIEZA MEHDI KHAN—
Educated in France as an architect. Has been in the Foreign
Office for over 20 years, where he is now a first secretary. In 1897
was appointed minister to Belgium, but the Belgian Government
objected.
Age 55 ; is Amir i Tuman ; speaks French.
55. MUMTAHAN EL MULK—
Is in the Foreign Office in charge of the Archives.
Age about 60.
56. MUMTAHAN ES SALTANEH, MIEZA KAZIM KHAN
ALBUEZ—
Employed in the Foreign Office and is chief of tribunal since
spring 1897.
57. MUNAZZAM ES SALTANEH, MUHAMMAD KAE1M
KHAN—
Is of Kurd family. Some years was commander of the Zil-es-
Sultan’s Cossacks at Ispahan. In 1896 accompanied Amir Khan
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
to Moscow on the occasion of the coronation of the Czar.
In 1897 was appointed to accompany Amir Khan
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
to
London on the occasion of the Queen’s Jubilee. On his return to
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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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- 1 volume (60 folios)
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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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