Rakesh Farhangi

Rakesh Farhangi, Constancian of Raspurid provenance, retired from the Imperial Constancian Army with the rank of Sarhang.

On 14.XI.1707 AN a party of 41 master gunners and 178 gunner assistants in the employ of the Honourable Company were put ashore from a chartered merchant vessel to raise the flag of Hurmu upon the shore of the claimed territory and to receive the submission of the petitioners who had offered their fealty to the Order of the Holy Lakes in the preceding year. At their head was a certain Sarhang Rakesh Farhangi, a gentleman who enjoyed the rank of Resident in the hierarchy of the Honourable Company's Keltian directorate. The good Sarhang, bearing letters from his director was commanded, upon receiving the natives, to engage their services for the construction of an artillery fort and residency at a suitable location. Until that time, his instructions directed him to secure the site of his landing by means of a stockade enrounded by a palisade and such entrenchments and earthen ramparts as he might be able to effect.

Resident of the Honourable Company in Amaland, 1720–1722 and practically ruler of Amaland at that time due to his being the highest-ranking and most influential individual there. Remained in Amaland as resident until end of VI.1742. Recalled to Constancia to serve as Chairman of Sarhang's Fried Chicken with a generous stipend.