Colonel Mohammad Taqi Khan Pessian was appointed commander in chief to Khorassan Gendarmerie in Nov. 1920. According to the documents, he endeavored to suppress the bandits and maintain the order in that district. He encouraged the tribes to join the Gendarmerie and developed this force. When the coup government took the power in its hand, following the order from Seyyed Zia, Colonel Pessian arrested his friend, governor of Sistan and Baluchistan, Ahmad Qavam_os_Saltaneh and sent him toTehran and became the military governor of that province.
When Qavam became Ahmad Shah's premier, Colonel asked for permission to leave for Europe, which was not agreed to. When NajafQoli Samsam_os_Saltaneh became the governor of Khorassan, he was driven to corner and rebelled against the government. Eventually he lost his life in a fight against Quchan Kurds.
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Some parts of Amir Farhang Khosrow Panah's memoirs on Colonel Pessian's encouragement of tribes to join Khorassan Gendarmerie when he was appointed as the commander of the latter; Qavam's arrest, and the confiscation of his properties, and later on his appointment to premiership [KH 5364-03-1/32] Page 1
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Ibrahim Maleki's memories of establishing of order in Khorassan by Ahma Qavam-os-saltaneh, Qavam' s arrest by Pessian and his dispatch to the capital, and later when he formed his cabinet, Qavam's opposition to Colonel's departure for Europe, Pessian's rebel, and his strategy to confront the gangs and his murder by Quchan kurds [AA 113-623-16] Page 1
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A report on the murder of Colonel Pessian by Kurdish Forces in Jafarabad [G 21759]
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Pessian's telegrams to Saraks Gendarmerie on the defeat of invading gangs to Gendarmerie Posts of Nasrabad, Dowlat abad and Torbat by Gendarmerie forces [G 21759]
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A Telegram from Colonel Pessian to Sarakhs Gendarmerie on the suppression of Saloor Shoja, Saloor Khan Emad-ol-Olmolk and Gholam Shah Berbery [G 21534]
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A telegram from premier, Ahmad Qava-os-Sataneh to Governor of Bakhazar, Shoja_ol_molk announcing the dispatch of five thousand Cossacks to Khorrassan to suppress Colonel Pessian in cooperation with Khorassan governors including Salar Khan Balooch, Sardar Shojae, and Sardar Nasr [G 21531]
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