Colonel Pessian, the first persian pilot

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Pessian was born into an aristocratic Azerbaijani family in Tabriz originating in the Caucasus. Pessian’s family possessed strong military traditions, his uncle General Hamzeh Khan Pessian was a commander in the Persian Cossack Brigade, his cousins Heydar Qoli Khan Pessian – father of Iranian author and journalist, Mahtalat Pessian, – Ali Qoli Khan Pessian, Gholam Reza Khan Pessian and he himself served in Gendarmerie.

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