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The record is made up of 1 volume (152 folios). It was created in 1924. 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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MIRZA MUHAMMAD HASAN DAST-GHA1B. Bora
about 1894. Younger son of Haji Mirza Muhammad
Ali Dast-ghaib, who was brother of Haji Mirza Mu-
• hammad Baqir Dast-ghaib, (q. v.) and a brother if
Haji Mirza Muhammad Baqir Dast-ghaib, and a leading
mulla of Shiraz, in charge of the Qawami Mosque in
Shiraz till his death in 1918, and distinctly friendly
to the British. After leaving school became com
pounder in Dr. Woolatt’s dispensary for a time. Sent
to study Shiah Law at Najaf and was still in Meso
potamia when War broke out. Joined the Turks and
was captured at Gurna by British forces. On death of
his father succeeded as Imam of the Qawami mosque
and to its endowments. Then became prominent in
‘ Democrat ’ circles and in summer of 1921 headed a
schism in the party, forming the “ Eastern ” democrats
and the “ Provincial Committee of Democrats for
Pars As such, supported Prince Nusrat-us-Sultaneh
against the malcontents and “ Western democrats ”
in the sedition of August 1922. Pro-Qawaini and in
terested in establishment of local industries, but hardly
an anglophobe. Unsuccessful candidate for Shiraz
in elections to Majlis October 1923.
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MIBZA MUHAMMAD SADIQ TABATABAI. Born about
1875. Younger son of late Aqa Sayyid Muhammad
Tabatabai (who was born about 1850) and grandson
of Aqa Sayyid Sadiq Mujtahid of Tehran.^ The father
studied religion for many years at Najaf, knew a
little French and took a prominent part in the reform
movement, reti *ing with Sayyid Abdullah Behbehani
to Qum in July 1906 and after grant of Nationalists
Assembly attended all meetings of Majlis. His motives
were reputed disinterested : he was arrested January
1923, 1908 and sent to Meshed whence he returned m
August 1909 becoming one of the popular leaders ^ of
the Majlis. Mirza Muhammad Sadiq was not trained
as a Mullah and has always dabbled in politics. He
was a member of 4th Majlis for a constituency near

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The volume consists of additions and corrections to the biographical dictionary of individuals, families, and tribes given in Who's Who in Persia (Volume IV) Persian Baluchistan, Kerman, Bandar Abbas, Fars, Yezd and Laristan , compiled by the General Staff, India, from 1923.

It also includes genealogical trees for certain entries.

Published by the Government Central Press, Delhi, 1924.

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1 volume (152 folios)
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The biographical entries are arranged in alphabetical order from front to back, with cross-references where required.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 153; these numbers are printed or in pencil, and are located in the centre at the top of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front cover.

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Title
'Additions and Corrections to Who's Who in Persia (Volume IV)'
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front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1r:152v, back-i
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East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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