Muhammad Mehdi Mirza,
Ibtihaj-us-Sultan
Born
about 1875. Great grandson of Fath Ali Shah, and brother of one of H.M. Ahmad
Shah’s two father-in-laws. Formerly in the Persian Customs service under
Belgians in Kermanshah, Sistan and Khorasan. Appointed Finance Agent for Fars
1921: resigned post summer 1923 given a higher post in Ministry of Finance and
autumn 1923 assistant to the U.S.A. Finance Adviser in Khorasan. Speaks French
well: a capable administrator of Finances, whose severity did not please the
Shirazis present as representative of Persian Government at the signing of the
agreement between Anglo-Persian Oil Com. And Soulat-ud-Douleh Qashqai May 1922.
Married daughter of Asadullah Mirza Dahim, Ihtisham-i-Humayun, late Karguzar of
Fars (q.v.).
Additions and Corrections to Who's Who in Persia (Volume IV), General Staff, India, Delhi: Government Central Press, 1924, pp.
109―110.
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