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

Imam Quli Mirza Qajar

IMAM KULI MIRZA―

Son of Malik Kassim Mirza (a son of Fath Ali Shah), who was formerly governor-general of Azerbaijan and died in 1859. He has the monopoly of the navigation on the lake of Urumiah in lieu of pension. This brings him in about 1,400 Tomans per annum. Was formerly governor of Maragha, also of Urumiah and Sauj-boulak and Khoi. In summer 1897 he was recalled to Tabriz and appointed Beglerbeggi of that town. He is fond of sport and considered energetic.

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. 28.