'Military report on Tehran and adjacent Provinces of North-West Persia (including the Caspian Littoral)' [‎41r] (86/610)

Meanwhile the Government had despatched 1 Amir A’zam
with a force of about 4,000 men against the rebels. He defeated
and drove Am ir Mukarram down the Haraz valley towards
Amol, but stopped to loot his property at Ask and gave time to
Am ir Mu’aiyid to come to his rescue from Savad Kuh, where
he had been disposing of Nizam-us-Sultan. They fortified a
defile near Aliabad, about 35 miles South of Amol on the Larijan
road, and surprised Amir A’zam who retired back up the valley
where he was followed and again attacked. The result was
indecisive and the rebel force began to scatter over the Larijan
hills, but Amir A’zam failed to realize their discomfiture, his
force broke up in disorder and he returned to Tehran (Sept. Sept. 1910.
1910). After the retreat of Amir A’zam, Amir Mu’aiyid formed
an assembly of Mazandaran notables and Ulama at Barfarusfi,
of which Amir Mukarram was the figure head, but Amir Mu’aiyid
the leading spirit. They opened negotiations with Sipah
Salar, then Minister of War, through the medium of his eldest
son Amir Asad, but the negotiations proved abortive and Zahir-
ud-Dauleh, who was sent from Tehran as Governor of Mazan
daran, was obliged soon after his arrival to leave the province.
A quarrel followed between Amir Mu’aiyid and 2 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 the former with his sons brought a force as far as
Takht-i-Rustam 8 miles East of Sari, while the latter occupied
a position at Naranji Bagh, where the Sari-Ashraf road crosses
the river Nikah. The Tehran Government were opposed to
Amir Mu’aiyid as a rebel and ordered Zafar-us-Sultaneh (No. 35)
Governor of Astarabad to assist 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. . Zafar-us-Sultaneh 1911.
complied but was suborned by Amir Mu’aiyid to go over to
his side, reconciled the Amir with the Government and secured
his own appointment as Governor of Mazandaran, whereupon
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 retired to Tehran in disgust and obtained Zafar-us-
Sultaneh’s recall.
Such was the disturbed estate of affairs in Mazandaran when
Muhammad Ali, the ex-Shah, who was supposed to be in Russia,
arrived from Ghumish Tappeh at Astarabad on 26th July
1911 in his attempt to regain the throne and was invited by
Amir Mu’aiyid and Amir Mukarram to Mazandaran. A plan
of campaign was drawn up at Barfarush for a triple advance on
Tehran. Amir Mukarram with the “ fauj ” of Larijan (about
800), of Bandipe (about 800), I’zam-ul-Mulk with the sowars
of the Abdul Maliki tribe (about 100) and Turkomans proceeded
to Larijan, (i.e., Elburz route No. 2 of Chaptei X para, (c)),
1 Amir A’zam is a nephew of ’Ain-ud-Dauleh (No. 6).
2 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. Jalll’s title at that time was Salar Mukarram.