Fathullah Mirza Qajar (Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Philip Picot, 1897)

Fathullah Mirza Qajar

FATH ES SALTANEH, FATH ULLAH MIRZA―

Son of Nayar ed Dowleh (q.v.). Is the present governor of Nishapur.

His grandfather, Parviz Mirza, a son of Fath Ali Shah, was appointed governor of Nishapur in 1857, and when the late Nassir ed Din Shah passed through Nishapur on his way to Meshed in 1867, he conferred the title of Nayar ed Dowleh upon him. On his death, his son, Sultan Husain Mirza, succeeded to the title and the governorship, which he held until 1896.

The Nayar ed Dowleh was appointed governor of Teheran at the beginning of 1897, and his son, Fath es Saltaneh, who was, at the time, acting governor of Nishapur was confirmed as governor.

Although Nishapur is in Khorassan, it is not under the governor general of that Province, who exercised only nominal authority in revenue matters, because the revenue had to be paid and accounted for to him. The Nayar ed Dowleh has, however, put a stop to this also, by getting the revenue allotted for the salaries of the Teheran police.

The governor of Nishapur is therefore quite independent of the governor-general of Khorassan.

Age 27.

Biographical Notices of Members of the Royal Family, Notables, Merchants, and Clergy, dated December 1897 and compiled by Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Philip Picot, Military Attaché at Teheran [Tehran] for the use of the British Legation // Correspondence and Papers on Persia. ― Simla, 1898, p. 26.