'Military report on Tehran and adjacent Provinces of North-West Persia (including the Caspian Littoral)' [‎216r] (436/610)

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WOamlE He lives at Zinjan and Anguran. He is in reduced circum-
sowans’iii stances, but owns a few villages around Anguran and is a most
iar sowar In the East India Company army and later Indian Army, an ordinary native cavalryman or mounted cavalryman. oppressive landlord. He was arrested by the Russians and
to Jam® detained for some while in Kazvin, and in 1920 was in trouble
as ac(}rt with the Persian Government about payment of his taxes.
the exp® His property is uncomfortably situated between the Amir’s
jl and ta and Sardar’s spheres of influence, and he generally maintains
eness. M a neutrality inclining towards the Amir.
ties and ste He is a most unreliable, unpleasant person, and suffers
jj-ithaprf from syphilis.
No. 92. AMIR ASHJA’ (Usdnlu).
He is anti-British, but has little influence. He lives in Zinjan
and owns a few villages.
No. 93. AMJAD NIZAM.
A small landowner with houses in Zinjan and at Husainabad,
d M S l the latter of which has just been let for the accommodation of
I00 , r British officers. The aerodrome and barracks are situated on
the4 :, his land. He has no political opinions and is in good favour
st j ; with all parties. He is reported to have started his career as
ur ’V,?, a teashop owner, and has risen to his present position by
E of : f IC gambling. He has always helped the British.
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No. 94. GHULAM HUSAIN KHAN {Usdnlu).
\'8$ the last two years he has attached himself to Sardai
Asad-ud-Dauleh, and has been the chief bone of contention
10 i between 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. and Amir Afshar. Until recently he lived
in his village of Qakhurtlu, situated about eighteen miles to
indt Z. the South of Zinjan. He has more than one hundred very
aTffl smart ‘sowers’, the remainder of his father’s section of the
.dis^ Usanlu.
good-”*; No . 95. HAIDAR KHAN.
^especisl A small unfriendly Khan living at the village of Bulanluq,
J5 west of the Kizil Uzun above Qaplan Kuh bridge.
No. 96. HAJI SAIYID ALI ASGHAR.
Chief Democrat Leader. He professes to be pro-British,
,, 0r>. but was on the Jangall Committee in 1918.
No. 97. MU’IN HUMAYUN.
He is Vakil Elected representative or attorney, acting in legal matters such as contracting marriage, inheritance, or business; a high-ranking legal official; could also refer to a custodian or administrator. 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. Asad-ud-Dauleh whom he “runs,”
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and has a brother in Tehran, who deals with the Sardar’s