'Military report on Tehran and adjacent Provinces of North-West Persia (including the Caspian Littoral)' [‎208r] (420/610)

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AH Shah, but, after the cotip d'etat and bombardment of the
Majlis in June 1908, the Shah had him deposed and sent to
Tehran.
In 1909 he joined the Bakhtiaris and came with them from
Qum to the capture of Tehran and was re appointed Gover
nor of Mazandaran, but after 5 months’ tenure of office, was
expelled from the province by the rebel Amir Mu’aiyid in the
summer of 1910.
In November 1915 he joined the Turko-German* exodus to
Qum and accompanied the Gendarmerie in their withdrawal
before the Russians via, Saveh. In 1918 he was Governor of
Ramadan at the time of Dunsterforce’s arrival and preserved
a doubtful neutrality. He was appointed Governor of Kazvln
in 1919-20 until May and got on well with the British, but after
his departure to Tehran was proved to have been in correspond
ence with the Bolsheviks and was on their list of agents. In
November 1920 his name was mentioned as a possible candi
date for a Ministerial post, and he was appointed Vail of Mazan
daran by Sipahdar’s Cabinet. He is very clever, energetic,
charming, and thoroughly unreliable.
No. 51. NIZAM-UL-MAMALIK NURI.
Born about 1865. He is a Baha’i of the family of the founder
of the religion, Mirza Husain AH, Baha’ullah, a native of Takor m
Nur. He is usually Deputy Governor of Nur, where he owns a
little property at Dar Kalah, West of Am 1, bis ‘ qishlaq
residence, and at Takor in the Nur valley, his yailaq resi
dence. He is friendly, enlightened, treats his ra ayat well
and is much above the average Persian landowner.
No. 52. SALAR AFKHAM, Ismail Khan, Sartip.
Born about 1880. Son of Ibrahim Khan Sartip, hereditary
officer in the ‘ fauj ’ of Hazar Jarib, from whom he inherited
12 villages, in addition to which he has acquired 8 more himsell
in the Do Dungeh district of Hazar Jarib, within 30 miles
South East of Sari. Of these 20, eight are in the qishlaq ,
and 12 in the ‘ yailaq’.
He is a partisan of 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 (No. 44) and like him took
no part in the 1911 adventure of Muhammad AH, the ex-Shah.
In 1918 he was on the Sardar’s side with 100 men against Amir
Mu’aiyid, and with the other leaders was expelledjay Zahir-ul-
Mulk, governor of Mazandaran, in 1919 to Tehran where he
still is°(November 1920).
* See page 37.