Friday, September 22, 2017

Lutfali Agha (General Staff, 1924)

Lutf Ali Aqa, Sarhang




Born about 1874. Belongs to village in Kamareh and Mamaqan near Tehran and of ‘Turk’ origin. In Cossack brigade for 30 years where he became ‘Sartip’ (Brig. General). On disbandment of South Persia Rifles was sent to take chief command in Fars and the Ports and form a new force. Conducted an unsuccessful campaign in Mamasanni against Imam Quli Khan Rustam in the spring of 1922. Nearly illiterate and rather uncouth, he made a terrible mess of his accounts, and was recalled to Tehran in disgrace in the summer of 1922. Being still unable to account for 30,000―40,000 Tumans he has been kept unpaid and employed by the Minister of War.



Additions and Corrections to Who's Who in Persia (Volume IV), General Staff, India, Delhi: Government Central Press, 1924, p. 60.

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