'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME I' [‎72v] (149/820)

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Persian official, he was able to act in concert with the British Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in
Khorasan, without in any way running counter to the interests of his
country or failing in his loyalty to the Shah.
Through the influence of the British Legation the Nusrat-ul-Mulk was
afterwards, at his own request, summoned to Tehran by the late Nasir-
.ud-Dm Shah.
During the Nusrat-uI-MuIk*s absence in Tehran the Shihab-ul-Mulk
tried to deprive him of the chiefship of the Tinmrl tribe, and to place it
under Mir Asadullah Khan, but without success, as the tribe remained loyal
to the Nusrat-ul-Mulk.
The late Nasir-ud-Din Shah knew the Kusrat-uI-MuIk personally, and
treated him with great consideration as being the only powerful chief in
Klprasan who was loyal to his Government. His Majesty intended to send
him back to Meshed, and to restore him to his appointment of 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. (Com-
mander-in-Chief) of the Khorasan Army and Governor of Jam, Bakharz and
Khaf, as soon as possible. On Nasir-ud-Din Shah’s death, however, the
Russians tried to bring pressure to bear on the Persian Government to
prevent the Nusrat-ul-Mulk^s return toKhorasan, on the plea that he had a
secret understanding with the English and was hostile to the Russians. The
Persian Government yielded to this demand, but eventually, after the
Nusrat-ul-Mulk had promised not to give offence to the Russians, in future,
he was, on the recommendation of his father-in-law Rukn-ud-Dauleh
(Muzaffar-ud-Dm Shah’s uncle, and Governor-General of Khorasap. and
Sistan), allowed to return to Meshed in April 1898, to resume the 'chiefship
of the Timuri tribe, without the Government of Jam, Bakharz and Khaf.
He is now in mortal terror of the Russians, and is obliged to be on visit
ing terms with the Russian Consulate-General and to keep away from the
British Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Meshed.
The Nusrat-ul-Mulk is over 60 years of age and has no sons. On his
death he will probably be succeeded as Chief of the Tlmurl tribe in Khora
san by Mir Asadullah Khan.
Mir Asadullah Khan is the head of a section of about 300 families of
Tiinuri at present. These Timu i are part of about 1,000 families who
in 1858 emigrated from the Herat district under their chief Mir Attaullah
Khan (father of Asaduliah Khan) and settled in Persia, being granted lands
in the Kuh S-urkh district south of Nishapur. More than two-thirds of
these, however, returned to Afghanistan.
Mir Asadullah Khan received the rank of Amir Tiiman (Major-General)
and the title of Shaukat-ud-Dauleh from the late Nasir-ud-Din Shah in
1893. After the Nu-rat-ul-Mulk’s departure to Tehran he was appointed
Governor of Jam and Zurabad, which districts are still held by him. He
d d not, however, get the Government of Bakharz and Khaf, which were
placed under different Governors.
The Shaukat-ud-Dauleh is about 40 years of age (1898) and has two
sons named Abu Turab Khan (aged 15) and Mirza Husain Khan (aged 4).
He has Russian proclivities and is very anti-English.
The Persian Government by their ill-treatment of the nomads settled on
their border have alienated all the Timuri; and this tribe would undoubtedly
welcome and make common cause with any invader, even the hated Afghan.