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THE ARRIVAL OF THE SHAH

... heard the entire mass of spectators were seized with irrepressible desire to look out to sea, and to express wish that the Persian Shah would come. The day being hazy, it was some time before the distinct outline of the escorting ships could be detected by ...

Published: Friday 20 June 1873
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 3892 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

THE ARRIVAL OF THE SHAH

... the entire mass of spectators were seized with an irrepressible desire to look out to sea, and to express a wish that the Persian Shah would come. The day being hazy, it was some time before the distinct outline of the escorting ships could be detected by ...

Published: Thursday 19 June 1873
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 3949 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

LETTERS TO EDITOR

... absoulutely devoid of any- thing approaching enthusiasm. They went for the same reason that they would have gone to see a Persian Shah, au Indian Nabob, or a King Ceca- wayo; and, looking upon the spectacle, I was forcibly reminded of the truth of Thomas ...

Published: Monday 22 June 1891
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 5317 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

THE PEOPLE’S JOURNAL, SATURDAY, AUGDST 16. 1873

... polish. Such phrases as ■■ Soon my slumbers they were broke will not do In poetry. Lines Relatlre to the Visit of the Persian Shah” should hare been sent at tbo time when his was this country. Home the lines are pretty rigorous. Here Is a specimen - ...

Published: Saturday 16 August 1873
Newspaper: Dundee People's Journal
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 9166 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

The Baku Oil Fountains —There is historical evidence to prove that tne Baku oil fountains have worked for 2500 ..

... Baku supplied the whole country far Bagdad, and the trade became so valuable that Armenian Emperors fought for it with Persian Shahs. Peter the Great first determined that Russia should have the benefit of the great oil deposits. He took measures for the ...

Published: Wednesday 22 May 1901
Newspaper: Dundee Evening Telegraph
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 418 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

DUNDONIAN'S TOUR THROUGH RUSSIA AND SIBERIA

... heat it sooa acquired commercial importance. So valuable did the trade become that Armenian Emperors fought for it with Persian Shahs. The first Czar to recognise the value of the deposits was Peter the Great. Russia, he was determined, should have them ...

Published: Wednesday 11 March 1903
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1110 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

OUR LADIES' COLUMN

... Tyre, and a stone of the angelic Powers. Among the gems of the Zodiac, it belongs to the constellation Taurus. One of the Persian Shahs is said to have possessed small golden casket studded with emeralds, which, blessed by the Prophet, was supposed to render ...

Published: Thursday 23 May 1907
Newspaper: Dundee Evening Telegraph
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1136 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

THE VISIT OF THE SHAH

... s of the representative of the polite Persians to appear rather boorish, have been exaggerated. Although, however, the Persian Shah's title of King of Kings must in the Western countries in which he is sojourning at present provoke a smile, as being ...

Published: Thursday 19 June 1873
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1184 | Page: 2 | Tags: Classifieds 

THE VISIT OF THE SHAH

... s of the representative of the polite Persians to appear rather boorish, have been exaggerated. Although, however, the Persian Shah's title of King of Kings must in the Western countries in which he is sojourning at present provoke a smile, as being ...

Published: Friday 20 June 1873
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1319 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

OUR LADIES LETTER

... protects from enemies. This idea of THE PROTECTIVE VIRTUE OF THE DIAMOND has been common among many nations; one of the Persian Shahs wore a diamond in the hilt of his scimitar, which was supposed to render him invincible. Napoleon had _a diamond set in ...

Published: Thursday 11 April 1907
Newspaper: Dundee Evening Telegraph
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1738 | Page: 6 | Tags: none