[1] He could read and write in the Persian language and translated The Constitution granted to Persia, 30 December 1906[2] and, at a date unknown, wrote Farhang-i rijāl-i Qājār[3] In 1906 he wrote Biographical Notices of Persian Statesmen and Notables comprising an index of prominent Qajar statesmen, a collection of notes, genealogical tables, and over 300 seal impressions.
[4] This collection of notes and genealogical tables is the only document of its kind and serves an ‘indispensable source to ascertain who the British held in high regard and who they considered to be pro-Russian or independent’.
What stands out most in Churchill’s draft is the abundance of seal impressions – over 300 of them – that appear to have been cut out from Persian correspondence and envelopes.
Many of the notes are accompanied by imprints of the subject's seal and signature (in Persian); some by typescript pages, extracts from published works and newspaper cuttings; and a few by portrait photographs.
The notes give the subject's name as heading, and various information including dates of birth and death, office and career history, family details (including members of the Shah's family), pay and financial details, interests, linguistic abilities, and some personal comments.In 1919 he was employed by the Foreign Office and attached to the English Suite of the Shah of Persia during his Majesty's State visit to England in 1919, and was given the first class of the Order of the Lion and Sun.