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136. Salih, Allayar
Graduate of the American College at Tehran.
Born about 1900. For some years employed as
a secretary in the American Legation at Tehran.
He then entered the Ministry of Justice, where
he held various appointments as judge, public
prosecutor, &c. Was transferred to the Ministry of
Finance through the influence of Davar, and
appointed director of the opium monopoly, and
afterwards director of the tobacco monopoly.
Head of the customs for a short time. Then
accpuntant-general.
An intelligent and able man. Speaks French
and English.
Sent to Washington on an economic mission
1941. Returned in the autumn of 1942 to be
Minister of Finance in the hope that he would
work well with Dr. Millspaugh, but he proved a
disappointment, quarrelled with Dr. Millspaugh,
and was allowed to resign by Soheily in March
1943.
Sent on a Commercial Mission to India
September 1943.
Member of the Persian Delegation to San
Francisco and spent some time in London on his
way back to Persia. Minister of the Interior in
Hakimi’s Cabinet, November 1945 to January
1946 when he dismissed Ghulam Hussain Ibtihaj,
^ie pro-Sayyid Zia Mayor of Tehran and replaced
by Nariman, as being more acceptable to the
Russians.
In Hakimi’s Cabinet he was regarded as the
leader of the appeasement group. Is said to have
the ear of the American Embassy where his brother
is a Munshi. Minister of Justice August 1946:
resigned October 1946.
137. Sami'i, Husain (Adib-us-Saltaneh)
Born about 1878, a native of Resht. Spent his
early career in the Ministry of Interior and was once
Governor of Resht. Appointed Minister of Public
Works 1921 to June 1922. In March 1923 he
became Minister of Interior for three months. When
the present Shah became Prime Minister in October
1923, Samiyi was chosen as his assistant, until, in
August 1924, he was appointed Minister of Justice.
Early in 1926 he was appointed Governor of Tehran
and held that post until he was appointed Minister
^f Interior in June 1927. Appointed Governor-
v^eneral of Azerbaijan in May 1931. Grand Master
m 1 of Ceremonies (Internal), 1938. Dismissed during
the Crown Prince’s wedding celebrations, April
1939. Ustandar (Governor-General) of the IVth
Ustan (Western Azerbaijan), July 1939.
Ambassador to Kabul 1939. Returned to Tehran
July 1942 and became Minster of State, without
portfolio, in Qawam-es-Saltaneh’s Cabinet of August
1942. Appointed Minister of the Interior by Soheily
in July 1943, ostensibly in order to supervise
the elections to the 14th Majlis, but he soon
resigned. President of the Farhangistan (Academy)
at Tehran 1943. Grand Master Ceremonies 1943.
Went to Russia at invitation of Soviet Govern
ment for anniversary of Science Academy in Tash-
kend 1945.
Sami’i is a pleasant man, but of little influence.
He is not very energetic nor highly intelligent. He
speaks no foreign language.
138. Sanjabi, Kerim
Born 1904, near Kermanshah; a member of one
of the principal families of the well-known Sanjabi
tribe. In 1920 came to Tehran for study and com
pleted the courses at the Political and Law Schools
at Tehran. 1928 went to France and spent three
years in Paris and three in the provinces. Doctor
of Law of Paris. In 1934 returned to Persia, and
served in the Religious Endowment Department of
the Ministry of Education, and also taught law.
1940 head of the statistical department of the
Ministry of Finance. Appointed in 1943 professor
of law at the Tehran University. Promoted head of
Law Faculty 1944.
139. Say yah, Hamid
Born in Isfahan 1886. Brother of Humayun
Sayyah. Educated at Moscow. Entered the
service of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1916.
For some time a judge in the Tribunal of the
Ministry. Commercial secretary at Moscow
1922-26. A director of the Caspian Fisheries Joint
Board 1927-31. Chief of the Russian section at the
Ministry in 1932. In charge of the Eastern Depart
ment, 1933. Consul-general at Beirut, March 1934.
Minister at Warsaw, June 1936.
Minister of Posts and Telegraphs in Feroughi’s
Cabinet of September 1941, and was most helpful
to us. Again Minister of Posts and Telegraphs in
Qawam-es-Saltaneh’s Cabinet of August 1942 until
January 1943. Minister of Posts and Telegraphs
again December 1943. Minister of Communications
in Sa’id’s Cabinet March-August 1944. Accom
panied Qavam to Moscow in February 1946.
Appointed minister to Moscow March 1946.
Returned October 1946 and became Minister of Com
merce and Industry.
Speaks French and Russian. Married his cousin,
Fatimeh Khanum Sayyah, but afterwards divorced
her. An agreeable but not a brilliant personality.
He knows too much about Russian methods ever
to incline towards bolshevism. A good bridge
player.
140. Sayyah, Kazim
Born about 1892. A family of Turkish descent,
sometimes calling themselves Sayyah-Sipanlou, and
not related to Hamid Sayyah. Served in the
Turkish army in the 1914—18 war, and taken
prisoner by the British troops 1917. Then employed
in the Caucasus where he had various adventures
in 1920 and 1921. A strong supporter of Seyyid Zia
in the latter’s coup d'fitat of 1921, and when the
Seyyid fell he fled with him to Switzerland.
Returned to Persia about 1923 and was imprisoned
by Reza Shah for some time. Then employed
under the Ministry of Industry in supervising
the factories at Isfahan. Was also in charge
of the Fine Arts Department at that place
1940 to 1942. Fell under suspicion as pro-
German owing to his relations with the factory
engineers, most of whom were Germans. Trans
ferred to Tehran 1942 and put in charge of the
glycerine factory. In 1943 employed by the
Americans in the price stabilisation section of the
Ministry of Finance. Appointed “ Rais-i-Intiza-
mat ” or head of the organisation section of the
Ministry of Interior 1944. Kazim Sayyeh is well
known as a strong supporter of Sayyid Zia. His
appointment as “ Rais-i-Intizamat,” therefore,
raised an outcry by all Left-wing elements and by
those who favoured a policy of appeasement towards
the Russians. Appointed one of the directors of the
Tehran Electricity Company 1945.
A man of the world, capable of good work, and
claims to be well-disposed towards us. Married to
a Greek.
141. Shafai, Ismail
Born in Tehran about 1885. Educated in Persia
and Russia. Joined the Cossack Brigade in 1910.
Appointed chief of the arsenal in 1922. Visited
Europe in 1923, and again in 1926, in connexion with
the purchase of machinery for a new arsenal. Pro
moted brigadier-general March 1932. Went to
Europe that year to purchase military stores.
Ceased to control the arsenal in 1934 on going to
Europe, where he remained, usually at Berne, as
chief of the Arms Purchasing Commission until
1937, when he returned to Persia.