The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Abbas, Kuli Khan

ABBAS, Kuli Khan, Persian diplomat: b. 1864. The son of Nawab Jafer Kuli Khan, he was educated in England and became interpreter to the British legation at Teheran in 1885. He was appointed third secretary in the British diplomatic service in 1901; was the Persian special envoy at King Edward's coronation, and on the Shah's visit to England in 1902; in 1903 received the order of the C. M. G., and was a member of Viscount Downe's special mission to Persia. In 1908 he became head of the Oriental Chancery of the British Legation at Teheran.