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'Who's Who in Persia (Volume II)' [35r] (74/454)
The record is made up of 1 volume (223 folios). It was created in 1923. 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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tlxe Shah’s stable and Ibrahim Khan in his Coacb
house. Both were promoted, the former to superin
tendence of the brood mares, and the latter became
head of his department and Mirakhor with the title
of Shua-ul-Mulk. Shua-ul-Mulk left four sons, among
them Ismail Khan, Amir Muayyid. He is an adven
turous soldier of fortune, who entered the Military
school at Tehran and started his career as a Naib of the
Fauj of Savad Kuh, 300 of whom formed a bodyguard
to the Shah in Tehran, with few possessions except
his own sharp wits by which he rapidly obtained pro
motion until he became commander of the whole Fauj
of Savad Kuh (1,000 Sarbaz and 500 Sowars) and
was given the rank of Amir Tuman by Muzaffar-ud-
Din Shah. He was in the entourage of the Shah and
during the revolution of 1909 he started as a Royalist
but has since been alternately Royalist and Constitu
tionalist according to his interests at the moment and
the leading figure in the troubles in Mazandaran since
the revolution. His cleverness and personal popu
larity won Him the support fif the Savad Kuhis and he
refused to give up the Khaliseh lands which were
Tuyal for the Fauj of Savad Kuh in accordance with
the decree of the second Majlis in 1909 and gradually
appropriated more Khaliseh in the adjacent districts
of Shirgah and Aliabad. His initiative and self-reli
ance have made him the most powerful of the potentates
of Mazandaran, viz., Amir Muayyid and
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.
Jalil
and Amir Mukarram, the big heriditary landowners of
Western Mazandaran who have been tools in his hands.
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.
Jalil the wealthy land owner of Eastern Mazan
daran, has twice (1911 and 1918) been provoked
into armed opposition to him, but the
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.
is a capi
talist profiteer and no soldier, and his numerically
superior following of oppressed peasantry of hirelings,
mostly native of the Kishlakare no match in spirit or
physique for the Savad Kuhis, the most virile of the
Mazandaranis, who are loyal to Amir Muayyid. The
minor personalities of Savad Kuh are all connections
of his, and give him their united support. In 1910
with the aid of Amir Mukarram he defeated Amir
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The first edition of Who's Who in Persia (Volume II) , compiled by the General Staff, India, comprises a biographical dictionary of individuals, families, and tribes connected with Persia in 1923.
At the front of the volume (ff 4-7) it includes lists of:
- foreign representatives in Tehran;
- Persian representatives in foreign countries;
- Persian honorary members of various British Orders;
- Persian Cabinet members to 1920;
- new Persian Cabinet members from 2 March 1921;
- Persian Cabinet members from 5 June 1921.
It also includes genealogical trees for certain entries.
The volume was published by the Superintendent, Government Central Press, Simla.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (223 folios)
- Arrangement
The biographical entries are arranged in alphabetical order from front to back, with cross-references where required.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 225; 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 file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- 'Who's Who in Persia (Volume II)'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:224v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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