![‘PERSIA. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY, NOTABLES, MERCHANTS, AND CLERGY, COMPILED BY LIEUTENANT-COLONEL H. PICOT, <em>Military Attaché at Teheran</em> .’ [‎46v] (97/126)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000001452.0x0002fe/Mss Eur F112_400_0097.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "‘PERSIA. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY, NOTABLES, MERCHANTS, AND CLERGY, COMPILED BY LIEUTENANT-COLONEL H. PICOT, <em>Military Attaché at Teheran</em> .’ [‎46v] (97/126)")
‘PERSIA. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY, NOTABLES, MERCHANTS, AND CLERGY, COMPILED BY LIEUTENANT-COLONEL H. PICOT, Military Attaché at Teheran .’ [46v] (97/126)
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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90 ISPAHAN.
bribery, he does it in such a way that people cannot bring proofs.
He is the great enemy of the Babis, and has caused many poor men
to be killed. In 1889-90, he had a number of Sehdehis killed,
although they were under the protection of government troops.
For this, at the instance of Her Britannic Majesty’s Minister, ho
was brought to Teheran, but was treated with so much honour, that
when he returned to Ispahan his fame and power were largely
increased. He and his brothers have more than once interfered
with British merchants, to the latter’s detriment. They also twice
caused European goods to be boycotted in the bazars of Ispahan.
They are in close alliance with Hajji Mirza Ashtiani, of Teheran,
and are fair representatives of the fanatical party of Persia.
They have lately given much trouble to the British Legation
at Teheran, owing to their persecutions of the Jews. The Zil es
Sultan states that, with his decreased power, he is unable to cope
with them.
10. RUKN EL MULK, MIEZA SULIM AN KHAN—
The governor of the town of Ispahan. Is a Shirazi of no particular
family. Has been in the service of the Zil es Sultan for many
years. Is fanatic, and worse in this sense than any mulla in the
place.
A bad workman, nothing that goes before him ever makes any
progress, unless he is heavily bribed.
11. MERCHANTS OF ISPAHAN—
In the following notes, the sum after the name is the amount the
person is reputed to be worth. It is quite impossible to be at all
certain of the accuracy of such estimates, which may be safely
discounted to a greater or a less extent in all cases.
All the Ispahan merchants, with perhaps a few exceptions, are
willing to trade in anything in which they fancy they see a profit;
and where articles are mentioned in connection with any merchant,
they are those in which he mainly trades, and it must not be
supposed that he devotes himself exclusively to them.
1. Hajji Aka Muhammad, Malik ut Tujar —400,000
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
.
Is by far the wealthiest and mast influential merchant of
Ispahan, and settles a great number 'of mercantile
disputes. Has large landed property. Heals mainly in
piece-goods, sugar and opium, direct with London,
Bombay, and China. Deals principally with David
Sassoon and Co., of London, Bombay and China.
Nearly 80 years of age and very avaricious.
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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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- 1 volume (60 folios)
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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.
Pagination: the volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
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