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'Military report on Tehran and adjacent Provinces of North-West Persia (including the Caspian Littoral)' [195v] (395/610)
The record is made up of 1 volume (301 folios). It was created in 1922. 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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the most prominent pro-British leader in Tehran. Owing to
the inability of Mushir-ud-Dauleh, the Premier, to check
his intrigues, the British Legation requested the Shah to change
■ the Cabinet, which was succeeded by ’Ain-ud-Dauleh.
Mustashar-ud-Dauleh was dismissed from office but had
acquired great influence. . As the ‘Moderates’ were anti-German
he left them and joined the ‘Democrats ’ and continued to work
might and main in the Turko-German interest.
He was Minister of Posts and Telegraphs in Mustaufl-ul-
Mamalik’s Cabinet, which succeeded ’Ain-ud-Dauleh in August
1915, and with Muhtashim-us-Sultaneh dominated that
Cabinet, pushed forward Turko-German propaganda and spread
reports of an impending alliance between Persia and Turkey
and did his utmost to persuade the Shah to leave Tehran for
Qum with the Muhajirin in November 1915. He himself
started with them, but owing to the non-arrival of the Shah
returned to Tehran. After the fall of this anti-Ally Cabinet
in December he was out.of office for two and a half years until
appointed Minister without portfolio in Samsam-us-Sultaneh’s
violently anti-British Cabinet, in 1918. In 1919 on account of
his intrigues against the Anglo-Persian convention he was
banished by Vusuq-ud-Dauleh to Kashan.
He was said to have drawn up an ultimatum and declaration
of war against Russia for presentation to the Cabinet, which
however was turned out of office in August 1918. He was
mixed up with the “ Committee of Punishment ” but never
brought to book.
He is entirely unscrupulous, willing to join any party or
espouse any cause to obtain a Cabinet post with a view to his
personal advancement.
No. 5. SAMSAM-US-SULTANEH, Najaf Qull Khd?i.
Born about 1846. The eldest of the Bakhtiari Khans. He
lived with the tribe until 1908 when he seized Isfahan, of which
he was appointed Governor by the Constitutionalist Govern
ment in 1909. He joined
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.
Asad as joint leader of the 1909
march of the Bakhtiaris to Tehran where they joined Sipah
Salar and compelled Muhammad Ali Shah to abdicate. He
took subsequently a prominent part in Tehran politics becoming
Prime Minister in 1911.
In 1913 he became the leader of the anti-British element
«mong the Bakhtiaris due to the establishment, with the appro-
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Military report compiled by Captain LS Fortescue of the General Staff of the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force and printed in Calcutta at the Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1922.
The volume begins with a statement defining the geographical area covered by the report. The report is divided into ten chapters, plus appendices, each concerning a different subject, as follows:
- Chapter 1: History
- Chapter 2: Geography
- Chapter 3: Climate, Water, Medical and Aviation
- Chapter 4: Ethnography
- Chapter 5: Administration (including a table of provinces with administrative details (folios 123-30)
- Chapter 6: Armed Forces of the Persian Government
- Chapter 7: Economic Resources
- Chapter 8: Tribes
- Chapter 9: Personalities
- Chapter 10: Communications
- Appendices: Glossary of terms; Weights, measures and coinage; Bibliography; Historical sketch (Chapter 1) continued from June 1920 to the end of 1921
At the back of the volume (folio 302) is a map to illustrate the report.
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- 1 volume (301 folios)
- Arrangement
There is a contents page (folio 5) and list of illustrations (folio 6) at the front of the volume and an index at the back (folios 270-300). All refer to the volume's original pagination. The index also includes map references of all places marked on the map.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 303; 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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