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'Who's Who in Persia (Volume II)' [59r] (122/454)
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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103
FIRUZ MIRZA.—Second son of Farman Farma. Born
about 1888, bigbly cultured and intelligent. Speaks
French fluently an’d knows English. Threatened with
arrest by Samsan-us-Sultanah’s Cabinet in June, 1918.
The principal Ally of Yossugh in latter’s cabinet.
Minister of Justice in Vossugh’s Cabinet in August
1918. Minister for Foreign Affairs in 1919 in which
capacity he played an important part in the formation
of the Anglo-Persian Agreement which has since been
annulled. Accompanied the Shah on his official visit
to Paris and London in the spring of 1920. In 1921
he was imprisoned for a short time with his father in
Tehran. One of the most capable of the Younger
Persians.
FOGELKLU.—Swedish Chief of Police Kasvin, Super-
ceded by Colonel Abdulla Khan July 1922.
FORMOV—
Formov ValeJin is the same individual as Formov.
His history shortly is as follows :—
A member of the Central Committee in Moscow for pro
paganda in the East and a well known and extremely
active Communist, he was sent by the Moscow autho
rities from Moscow in 1921 in company with a Persian
revolutionary called Haider Khan to Gilan. Their
instructions were to join Kuchik Khan and gain his
confidence, taking with them arms, munitions and a
band of revolutionaries. On gaining Kuchik Khan’s
confidence, they were to find means of killing Kuchik
Khan, thus ensuring no further opposition to the
Bolsheviks on his part, as the Soviet authorities con
sidered Kuchik Khan to be a pure Nationalist who
would never reconcile himself to the policy of the
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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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- Title
- '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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