'File 11/44 Leading Personalities in Iraq, Iran & Saudi Arabia' [‎5r] (9/96)

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Accused of partiality towards the tribes, he was
placed on the retired list in 1980.
Appointed Director-General of the liegistration
and Civil Census Department in 1932. Relieved
of this appointment in 1934.
Re-employed in the army after the departure of
Reza Shah, was suspected of pro-German bias at
the time of the arrest of Zahidi in 1942. Head of
the Gendarmerie in 1942 and did his best to re
organise that force; but was not in close agreement
with the American Gendarmerie advisers. Arrested
and removed with other suspects to Sultanabad
in June 1943. Released at the end of the war with
Japan. Appointed President of Military Tribunal,
November 1945; Chief of General Staff under
Qavam’s Cabinet, February 1946. Resigned April
1946 on grounds of ill-health. In September he was
appointed Governor of the Sepah (Military) Bank.
He is suffering from a weak heart affected by
rheumatism and is no longer capable of much effort.
12. Aramish, Ahmad
Born about 1902. Has held various Government
posts. June 1944 was in charge of all Accounts
Departments in the Ministry of Finance factories.
Acting Minister of Commerce and Industry June
1946—resigned September 1946. Set up the Labour
L^pection administration in Khuzistan in June 1946
became Secretary-General to the Democrat
Party of Iran July 1946. Parliamentary Under
secretary to the Prime Minister October 1946 when
he resigned his secretaryship of the Democrat Party
of Iran. Under-Secretary of State to the Ministry
of Commerce and Industry late October 1946.
Minister of Labour and Propaganda December 1946.
Whilst Minister of Labour and Propaganda was
strongly opposed by many of his Cabinet colleagues
because of his efforts to collect party funds by
irregular means which he was suspected of turning
to his own advantage. His Ministry’s programme
of social reform was also extremely unpopular with
certain Right-wing members of his party.
Affable and energetic but unreliable, immature
and lacking political sense. Speaks good English
and French.
Speaks English. Very helpful to us while he
was at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
15. Ardalan, Amanullah (Haji Izz-ul-
Mamalik).
Bom about 1888. Son of Haji Fakhr-ul-Mulk
of Kurdistan. Educated at Tehran. Elected a
Deputy to the second Majlis through the influence
of his father, when the latter was Governor of
Arabistan. Served first in the Ministry of Finance.
An active member of the Democratic party and
elected to the third Majlis from Kermanshah. A
pro-German during the war of 1914—18, he left
Persia for Turkey at that time. After the war
he became financial agent for Kerman through
bribing Akbar Mirza, the Minister of Finance, and
made a good thing of that post. Financial agent
for Fars 1922-23. A member of the fifth Majlis.
A close friend of Suleiman Mirza and the Socialists.
Minister of Public Works in 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. Sepah’s Cabinet
of October 1923. Resigned, April 1924. Again
employed under the Ministry of Finance in Kerman
and Fars. Governor of Astarabad 1928; of Luristan,
&c., in 1932, of Gilan in 1933, and again of Luristan
in 1934, of Bushire and the Gulf Ports 1935; and
Governor-General of Kerman in May 1936. Recalled
in August 1937.
Governor-General of Azerbaijan (West) at the
time of the invasion 1941; fled precipitately to
Tehran when the Russians advanced, fearing that
revenge would be taken on him for various anti-
Russian measures which he had been ordered to
take. Then Director-General of Ministry of Finance,
and Governor of Isfahan in 1942. Minister of
Public Health in Soheily’s Cabinet of February 1943.
Minister of Finance in Soheily’s revised Cabinet of
December 1943. Has been very helpful to us since
1941. Speaks some English. Minister of Commerce
and Industry in Sa'id’s Cabinet, March 1944 but
dropped in August 1944. Returned to Cabinet under
Bayat i n November 1944, resigned April 1945.
Minister of Justice in Hakimi’s Cabinet November
1945-January 1946.
An intelligent and progressive person, though not
over-scrupulous when it comes to taking money.
13. Arasteh, Nadir.
A Qajar prince. Born about 1893. Governor of
^ lavi in 1928. Deputy-Governor of Azerbaijan
1930-32. Governor of Khuzistan, May 1932-
August 1933. Has also served in the Persian
Legation in London. Appointed Minister to Poland,
December 1933. Appointed first Persian Minister
to the Argentine Republic, August 1935; presented
his letters in October 1935. Recalled to Tehran,
October 1936; the post being abolished. In charge
of the Consular Department of the Ministry for
Foreign Affairs for a short while in 1937. Minister
at Berlin, August 1937. Accredited also to The
Hague in 1939. Recalled from Berlin, May 1940.
Governor-General of Mazanderan, January 1942
and of Gilan, January 1943. Minister of Posts and
Telegraphs, November 1944 in Bayat’s Government
and for Communications in Sadr’s Cabinet, June
to November 1945. Appointed Governor-General,
Isfahan, May 1946, withdrawn October 1946.
14. Ardalan, Dr. All Quli
Born about 1900; brother of Amanullah Ardelan.
Served mostly under the Ministry for Foreign Affairs
in various posts from 1922. Secretary at
Washington, 1932, where he had a dispute with
Ghaffar Jalal, the Minister. Counsellor at Vichy
after the collapse of France in 1940. Returned
to Tehran 1942 and was in charge of the English
section of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs for more
than a year, fulfilling his duties with efficiency.
Counsellor at Angora at the end of 1945.
16. Ardalan, Nasir Qidi
Born in Tehran 1896. Third son of the late Haji
Fakhr-ul-Mulk, who was a Court official; his mother
is the daughter of Izz-ed-Douleh and grand
daughter of Mohammed Shah. Educated at Tehran
and in Belgium. Spent a year in London learning
English. Returned to Persia 1915 and entered
the service of the Ministry of the Interior, where
he served for fifteen years. Served as Governor
of Do-Dangeh in Mazanderan, of Firuzkuh, and in
Khuzistan as Acting Governor. Then w r as Governor
of Sari, Acting Governor of Mazanderan, and
Governor of Semnan. Governor of Mohammerah
(Khorramshahr) in 1925, and Governor of Abadan
in 1930. Employed in the National Bank since 1931.
Intelligent and capable. Elected deputy for
Senneh in the Majlis elections of December'1943.
17. Arfa, Hassan.
Bom about 1890, the eldest son of the late Prince
Reza Arfa (Arfa-ed-Douleh). Educated in Russia
and France: his mother, now mentally deranged, 7 ? {
being a Caucasian. Joined the Ministry for Foreign
Affairs in 1907 as secretary to the Persian Consulate
at Tiflis. Secretary at the Persian Legation at
St. Petersburg in 1908. Joined the gendarmerie
in 1911; and has been in the army since then.
Commanded the crack cavalry “ Pahlevi ” Regiment
in 1931. Has served as military attach^ in London
for a short time, and has been a prominent officer
in the new army. Accompanied the Shah on his
State visit to Turkey in 1934. In 1935 on the
General Staff, in charge of a training school.