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‘PERSIA. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY, NOTABLES, MERCHANTS, AND CLERGY, COMPILED BY LIEUTENANT-COLONEL H. PICOT, Military Attaché at Teheran .’ [42v] (89/126)
The record is made up of 1 volume (60 folios). It was created in Dec 1897-8 Jul 1898. 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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PARS.
21. KASHKAI CHIEFS OF EARS—
The Kashkais have sprung from the great Turkish Khalaj tribe
which settled in Asia Minor during the middle ages. At the end
of the fourteenth century, when Timur removed the Khalaj from
Asia Minor to Central and Eastern Persia, a great number of them
ran away and settled in Ears, and from this “ running away ” (in
Turkish kachmak) the part of the Khalaj which settled in Ears
was called Kashkai, i.e., fugitives. They now number about
25,000 families, subdivided into 66 tirah (branches), each with a
kalantar or kedkhoda. The chief of the tribe is the
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
, and
his deputy is the Ilbeggi ; the former generally resides in Shiraz
as hostage for the good behaviour of the tribe, while the latter is
with the tribe.
The last
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
was Darab Khan (b. 1829), son of Mustafa
Kuli Khan,
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.
of the Shahilu branch. His ancestor Ismail
Khan (son of Jani Aka, son of Namdar Aka, son of Muhammad
Aka, son of Safar Ali Aka, son of Jani Aka, son of Kazi Aka, son
of Amir Kazi, who flourished in the beginning of the sixteenth
century) and his brother Hassan Khan were much trusted by
Kerrim Khan Zend, and were chiefs of the tribe, but Kerrim
Khan’s successor blinded Ismail Khan and cut Hassan Khan’s
hands off. After the death of Ismail Khan, his son, Jani Khan
became Ilbeggi, and in 1819 was made
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
. He died in 1824
and was succeeded as
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
by his second son, Muhammad Ali
Khan (b. 1793), who died in 1851. Muhammad Ali Khan had
married a daughter of
Firman
A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’).
Firma Husain Ali Mirza in 1826,
and left three sons by other wives, viz., (a) Jahangir Khan
(b. 1815), Ilbeggi, who married a sister of Muhammad Shah and
was commander (Sertip) of the Kashkai Infantry Regiment until
1849, when he was appointed governor of Darab. In 1851, on his
father’s death, he became Ilbeggi and was appointed governor of
Kazerun. He died in 1871. His son Muhammad Hassan Khan
was Serhang of the Kashkai Infantry, and some time governor of
Abadeh, and lately governor of Bonat.
The second son was Lutf Ali Khan, who was Sertip of the
Kashkai regiment from 1851 until his death in 1856, and left a
son —Hajji Muhammad Sadik Khan, now living in Abadeh.
His third son, Hajji Nasr Ullah Khan (b. 1840), was Sertip of
Kashkai regiment from 1856 to 1878, when he became Ilbeggi
and governor of Kamfiruz and Chahar-dangeh. He died some
years ago and left a son, Sultan Ibrahim Khan Sarhang (b. 1870).
The eldest son of Jani Khan
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
was Hajji Husain Kuli
Khan, who, of a quiet disposition, was thought to be incapable of
succeeding his father as
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
, and settled in Kamfiruz, where
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Printed collection of biographical notices, as well as comments on élite dynasties and tribes of Persia [Iran], written over a period of twelve months and completed in December 1897 by Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Philip Picot (Military Attaché, Teheran [Tehran]), then Acting Oriental Secretary in Her Majesty’s Legation. Amendments were added up until 23 January 1898. The author presented the manuscript to Charles H Hardinge (First Secretary, Foreign Office, London), 27 January 1898. The latter forwarded it to the Marquis of Salisbury (Prime Minister), 28 January 1898, who received it a month later (28 February 1898). The title page (f 1) is stamped as having belonged previously to the Government of India’s Library of the Foreign Office, Simla, where this copy was received with two other copies (two for Simla and one for Calcutta [Kolkata], three copies in total) and a letter from the Secretary of the Political and Secret Department, dated 8 July 1898 (location not disclosed). The contents are marked secret (originally ‘confidential,’ crossed out), and specified as, ‘For the use of Officers in Her Majesty’s Service only.’
The printed work comprises two ‘inclosures’ [enclosures]: firstly, Picot’s letter of presentation to Hardinge (f 2v), prefaced by Hardinge’s letter of presentation to the Marquis of Salisbury (f 2); secondly, the treatise proper (ff 3r-60v). The contents page (f 3v) lists four main sections, but without corresponding page references. Following a brief introduction (f 4), an alphabetic register [index] of names (ff 4v-11v), and a glossary of titles and terms (ff 12r-13v), the work is divided into eight chapters comprising numbered entries. The first four chapters deal with the royal family in Teheran (forty-five entries over ff 14r-19v), the notables of Teheran (ninety-seven entries over ff 20r-32v), the merchants of Teheran (twenty-eight entries over ff 33r-35v), and the clergy of Teheran (eleven entries over ff 36-37). The remaining four chapters focus on the provinces of Fars (thirty-eight entries over ff 37v-44v), Ispahan [Isfahan] (eleven entries over ff 45-47), Khorasan (fifty-nine entries over ff 47v-57v), and Tabriz (twenty-two entries over ff 58-60).
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The entries are recorded in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume. Contents page (folio 3v) and indices (folios 4v-13v) are included towards the beginning.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 60; 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.
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