Mahmud Khan (Amir Lashkar)
Born
about 1879 at Tehran. Son of Sartip Hussain Khan who joined the Cossack Brigade
on its initiation by Nasr-ud-Din Shaj. Family came from the Caucasian provinces
of Persia conquered by the Russians in 1916 and were settled at Hamadan. Has
been 27 years in military employ. Sultan (Captain) in 1910. Appointed Amir
Lashkar (G.O.C.) of the Southern Division under the new military formation
early in 1922. Accompanied Minister of War to meet Shah at Bushire in November
1922.
Additions and Corrections to Who's Who in Persia
(Volume IV), General Staff, India, Delhi: Government Central Press, 1924, p.
62.
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