'Military report on Tehran and adjacent Provinces of North-West Persia (including the Caspian Littoral)' [‎218r] (440/610)

to protest. On the principle of having a foot in each camp a
brother Abdulla Khan and a nephew Haidar Quli joined the
Bolshevik raiding parties North of Kazvin in July 1920.
No. 109. AMIR ASAD.
Eldest son of Sipah Salar (No. 31a).
He owns several villages in Rudbar with a winter residence
at Mu’allim Kalayeh and a summer residence at Zavardasht.
No. 110. AMIR MUHTARAM, Muhammad Amin Khan.
Former title Yamln-i-Khdqdn.
Born about 1855. Before the revolution he was a hanger
on at the Shah’s Court and held some minor governorships,.
e.g., Kashan, Nahavand, and the post of ‘‘ chief of the tribes
of Kazvin, to which he was appointed for the third time in 19-0.
In 1918 he was shot at and wounded by the opposing demo
crats for welcoming Dunsterforce on their arrival at Kazvin.
He has recently done some anti-Bolshevik propaganda work.
No. 111. ASAF-UD-DAULEH, Mirzd Saleh Khan.
Born about 1860. He was a native of Tabriz, son of the
Kalantar, and came to Tehran in the Turk! entourage which
Muzaffar-ud-Din Shah, brought from Tabriz w ^fre a S H r
Apparent, he had been Governor General, to Tehran on his
accession to the throne. He was appointed Governor of Kazym
and held this post for 4 years, when he returned to Tehran
where he took part in the “ Constitutionalist movement and
after^the Royalist coup d’etat of June 1908 he was imprisoned
and harshly treated by Muhammad Ah Shah. Since the re
volution of 1909 he has been Governor of Khamseh and twice
Governor of Gilan. On the second occasion he disagreed with,
and was unable to control the Jangahs, and came to Kazvin,.
where he has since remained in retirement. He was mentioned
in 1919 as a possible candidate for the Governor-Generalship
of Gilan. He is now a weak, vain old man, professing friend
ship with us but unreliable.
No. 112. MIRZA IBRAHIM KHAN.
Born about 1875. He was elected deputy of the Majlis
for Kazvin in January 1918 when he headed the poll, and has
democratic leanings. He afterwards went to Tehran. He owns
two or three villages South of Kazvin.