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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 .’ [49r] (102/126)
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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KHOKASPAN.
95
chiefs of the tribe were formerly independent and only nominally
under the Shah of Persia, but they gradually lost their power. The
government of the district, however, remained hereditary till quite
O
recently.
The
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 Tabas was succeeded by Hajji Muhammad Bakir
Khan, who was granted the title of Imad el Mulk by Nassir
ed Din Shah during his first journey to Khorassan in 1867.
The Imad el Mulk died in 1894, 77 years of age, and left three
sons : Ali Akbar Khan, Muhammad Reza Khan, and Abu l Kassim
Khan.
' On the Imad el Mulk’s death, his eldest son, Ali Akbar Khan,
succeeded to his father’s title and to the government of Tabas. The
second son became Imad i Diwan, and the third son was granted
the title of Muin i Div:an, and they were both appointed deputy
governors of districts under their elder brother.
The Imad d Mulk soon lost the governorship owing to his own
incompetence and to the intrigues ot his brothers, who persuaded
the priests to denounce him as a Babi. He was thereupon
summoned to Teheran, and the Imad i Diwan succeeded him. lie
did not retain his post for long, and was dismissed in 1896, when
the district of Tabas was added to the government of the Hishmat
el Mulk. On the Bukn ed Dowleh’s arrival in Meshed in autumn
1897, Hishmat el Mulk was deprived of the governorship of Tabas,
which was given to the Imad i Diwan. This, however, was not
confirmed by the Prime Minister, who on obtaining a present from
the eldest brother, Imad el Mulk, ordered him to be reinstated.
In consequence the Imad el Mulk now holds the government of
Tabas. In order to compensate the second son, his title was raised
from Imad i Diwan to Imad el Mamalik.
These three brothers must now be very near the end of their
resources, and when they have no more money their ruin will be
complete, and probably a generation hence their descendants will
be occupying a position little removed from that of an ordinary
peasant.
As the Hishmat el Mulk has large resources, in all probability
he will eventually oust them from Tabas entirely and get its
government for himself.
The Hishmat el Mulk has two sons. The eldest, Mir Masum
Khdn Sartip, 17 years of age, is deputy governor of Sistan. His
mother is a daughter of Sherif 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.
, chief of Tv ah roes, who
occupied a prominent position in Sistan politics alter the boundaiy
arbitration was finished, and afterwards went over to the Afghans,
and died at Kabul some eight years ago.
Age 45.
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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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