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(5) Daughter married to son of VazIr-i-Nizam.
(6) Daughter married to Shuza-ut-Taulieh of Meshed.
Also nine other sons and three daughters. Ten or eleven
siga, widows of the late chief, are supported by the present
Chief, who spends 7,000 tumdns a year on their maintenance.
The late Chief had only two regular wives, one the mother of
the present Chief, the other died childless and bequeathed
her property to the Imam Jumeh of Meshed. Disputes regard
ing the bequest are still' going on.
Recent Events in Bujniird .—The late Ilkhanl murdered his eldest son
Sulaiman Khan, in 1897, in consequence of which act he was summoned
to Tehran, and_ heavily fined. He was also deprived of the district of
Gurgan. The Ilkhani The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran. made a pilgrimage to Mecca in 1900, and visited
France and Russia en route, in the latter country being accorded unusual
honours. He was accompanied at the start by his son, Shuja’-ul-Mamalik,
but for the latter the attractions of Paris proved more potent than the
calls of religion, and he returned without having set foot in Arabia. The
Ilkhani The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran. brought back with him the electric plant with which the palac&
is now lighted, and a good deal of expensive furniture.
The old Chief died in 1904, and was succeeded by his third son, ’ Azizullah
Khan. His eldest brother made some attempt to enlist the sympathies of
the people on his own behalf, but was unsuccessful. He was appointed for a
short time to the Governorship of Jajarm, but was subsequently recalled.
On his accession, the Salar is said to have paid tumdns 30,000 to the
Shah, 5,000 of which was for Isfarain. Tumdns 15,000 of this amount
came from his own treasury, and the remainder was borrowed from the
Russian Bank. *
In 1904, after his father’s death, the Chief was summoned to meet the
Sipah Salar (Amir Khan, brother of the ’Ain-ud-Dauleh) at Shahrud, and
on payment of a sum of tumdns 8,000 the Gurgan district was restored to>
him, and he was also given the title of Salar.
The Chief was shortly after summoned to Tehran. During his absence,
Nasratullah Khan made an attempt to obtain possession of Isfarain, and
the Asaf-ud-Dauleh, Governor-General of Khurasan, took the opportunity
of handing over the Governorship of Isf rain to Muhammad Ja’afar Khan, a
nominee of his own. The Salar then proceeded to Meshed, and by payment
of a considerable sum obtained the recall of Muhammad Ja’afar Khan. He>
afterwards appointed his own brother, the Shuja’-ul-Mamalik, to the post.
In 1904 theGuklan Turkomans were instigated by their priest, Qilich
Ishan, to refuse the payment of revenue ; in consequence of which the
Chief took a force into Gurgan to exact payment himself. The Guklans,
however, had made up their differences with the Yamuts, and, being joined
by the latter, were able to defy the Kurdish savdrs. Some fighting took
place without much damage being done to either side, and the Chief, seeing
his forces were inadequate to coerce the Turkomans, retired to Bujnurd.
A Persian commissioner was appointed to enquire into the matter, and
Gurgan was eventually separated from Bujnurd and put under the Gover
nor of Astarabad. So far, however, the latter has not been any more-
successful in obtaining the payment of revenue.