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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 .’ [34r] (72/126)
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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TEHERAN—MERCHANTS.
65
13. HAJJI SAYYID KAZ1M—
A Sarraf of Teheran. Has money transactions with government
officials. Is not very trustworthy.
14. LUCAS AND MATHIAS—
Merchants of Teheran; are Armenians and Russian subjects, sons
of the late Minas Tajar Bashi. They import broadcloth and fancy
goods from Russia, and possess about 15,000
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
in landed
property, and 20,000
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
in cash. Their honesty is said to he
very doubtful.
15. HAJJI LUTFULLAH—
A Sarraf of Teheran, representative of the Itahadieh Company
of Tabriz, which is run by the brothers Kuzehkunani (q.v.), who
are merchants.
16. HAJJI MALIK ET TUJJAR— '
Does little or no business, but is a very large landed proprietor.
Is reputed to be worth 500,000
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
. Is president of the Board
of Commerce. Is said to have been at the head of the regie
intrigue in Teheran in 1892. In the latter part of 1897 intrigued
against the authorities, and has been sent to Ardabil, where he is
now in prison.
Age about 45.
17. MESHEDI MUHAMMAD AKA COMPANY—
Sarrafs of Teheran. Very good standing. Import bar silver.
Worth 200,000
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
.
18. HAJJI MUHAMMAD ALT KASHANI—
A merchant of Teheran, and son-in-law of Hajji Muhammad
Hassan, Amin es Zarb. Exports cotton and produce to Russia,
and cotton to Bombay. Imports piece-goods from Constantinople
in large quantities, and tea from India. When Hajji Muhammad
Hassan was farming the Mint, he used to import large quantities
of bar silver. Also does money-lending business.
Worth 150,000
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
.
19. HAJJI MUHAMMAD ALT, SHAL FURUSH—
A merchant of Teheran. Does a fair local trade with Tabriz, and
imports silk and woollen fabrics from Constantinople. Exports
carpets and antiques to the same city.
Worth about 50,000
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
.
20. HAJJI MUHAMMAD HASSAN, AMIN EZ ZARB—
His wealth is enormous for a Persian, and is estimated at from
two to three million
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
. He exports cotton and all kinds of
produce to Russia, and silk to Marseilles. Has asrents everywhere.
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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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