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to Shiraz as his Deputy Governor-General in 1912.
Well to do.
Saifullah Khan was sent to school in the Jesuit College,
Beyrut with his brother Habibullah Khan and passed
out in 1909. Then sent to the Military College at
St. Cyr (France) : and returned to Persia end of 1913.
Joined Swedish Gendarmerie in Tehran as 2nd Lieuten
ant. Promoted Sultan (Captain). Joined the new mili
tary organisation 1921, and was appointed Sarhang
(Lieut.-Colonel) and second in command of troops in
Fars and Ports March 1923.
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SAYYID ABDUL LATIF, SADR-UL-ULAMA. Born
about 1881. Eldest son of Sayyid Sharif Vanaki, Mu]-
tahid (q. v.) Has been employed in the ’adliyeh of
Shiraz since 1913, lastly as President of the Court of
Small Causes for Shiraz District. In November 1923
' appointed President of the similar court in Abadeh.
Opium smoker, anti-Mulla but more liberal than his
brother Malik-ul-Muhaqaqin (q. v.) with whom he is on
bad terms.
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SAYYID AHMAD BASHTAKI, HUHAZZIB-UD-
DOULEH —Born about 1883. Son of late Sayyid
Hasan Dashtaki, of a family who for many generations
were settled at Mecca. One of his progenitors, Sayyil
Ali went from Mecca to Haidrabad, Deccan about
1923. The late Sayyid Hasan and best known to fame
as the author of the ‘ Fars-nameh-i-Nasin (Account
of Fars published in 1883).
1 land owner of Fasa (Kushk-i-Qazi) and at Sahlabad in
Bamiird district. In 1922 he sent Haji Mirza Lut-
fullah as his attorney to Mecca to P^ecute
suit which he won against King Husam of the Hijaz
for the return of lands, gardens and shops belonging