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... the only game sanctioned by priesthoods of all Ix'liefs. The principal piece in the game derives its name, king, from the Persian Shah, or ruler. .Many men whose names have gone down to posterity, such as C’lnM-lemagne. Tamerlane, Frederick the Great. Charles ...

Published: Friday 06 January 1911
Newspaper: Whitby Gazette
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 524 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

PRINCESS OR IMPOSTOR?

... Princess with a qestionable past and a no less questionable present,. Some declared that she was a near, relative of the Persian Shah, sent into e&le for her indiscretions; while others said with equal confidence that she was of the royal house of Russia ...

Published: Saturday 24 May 1919
Newspaper: Sheffield Weekly Telegraph
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 3452 | Page: 22 | Tags: none

SWISS CAPITAL LEVY SCARE

... SWISS CAPITAL LEVY SCARE. PERSIAN SHAH WITHDRAWING DEPOSITS. Paris, Wednesday. The Shah Persia will leave Paris tomorrow evening.—Central News. Gcne#a, Wednesday. Tho Shah is expectnl Lausanne for the purpose of withdrawing his considerable deposits ...

THE COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY

... occupy in Germany, hut on the situation of tho French Treasury, and its reaction on the exchange/* REPORTED DEPOSITION OF PERSIAN SHAH. MONARCH NOW IN PARIS. Paris. Wednesday. The ** Paris Telegram ’* tonight that Shah of Persia, who at present Paris, has ...

PERSIAN SHAH'S THRONE IN JEOPARDY. THE REPUBLICAN AGITATION. Jlcutcr’s Agency Icarus that nows from Persia ..

... PERSIAN SHAH'S THRONE IN JEOPARDY. THE REPUBLICAN AGITATION. Jlcutcr’s Agency Icarus that nows from Persia decidedly obscure, and that it is difficult predict what will result the present Republican agitation for the deposition the Shah. Yesterday the ...

The Films

... Bagdad” commences a two-weeks’ run. It is a fairy tale of drama, romance, and adventure, depicting all the glory of ancient Persian Shahs. There is a huge cast, and the production, which entailed 14 months of work, cost £300,000. The magic carpet, the cavern ...

Published: Friday 27 March 1925
Newspaper: Sheffield Daily Telegraph
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 360 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

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... it situated. It is thks garden which yield® lII© worldfamous attar loses, that luscious perfume which, in olden t hives, Persian Shah* commanded should be used exclusively in their harems, and which, even to-clay, iu India, offered to wedding guests on ...

Published: Saturday 13 August 1927
Newspaper: Sheffield Independent
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 206 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

LONDON LETTER

... report a plot in Kabul really explains the sudden denouncement. There is not the sudden denouncement. There not the the Persian Shah are under a pact that distinctly hostile to Afghanistan and Britain. King Amanuliah does abandon his proposed Moscow visit ...

Published: Saturday 17 March 1928
Newspaper: Hull Daily Mail
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1491 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

MORE EASTERN POTENTATES

... 3C7f Berlin telegram, quoted the Sunday Times,' gives Tent to the interesting report that the Turkish President and the Persian Shah are contemplating visit to Europe.— Extract. An interesting rumou- has been circulated Europe, via Berlin, to the effect ...

Published: Monday 02 April 1928
Newspaper: Hull Daily Mail
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 574 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

BACK TO THE VEIL

... have accepted readily enough. In 1928 he felt able to undertake his world tour—a policy which cost the Kajar dynasty of Persian Shahs their throne, such was the expense and unsettlement. There is no doubt that he returned more impressed than ever by the ...

Published: Tuesday 15 January 1929
Newspaper: Hull Daily Mail
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 854 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

MISS GRETA GARBO

... that woman shall be allowed on their boat. The rule is unbroken until the chief takes th« boat the captured daughter of Persian Shah. His followers revolt and kills her and sacrifices her .Mother Volga.'’ Then the story goes to his betrayal. introduced ...

Published: Thursday 28 February 1929
Newspaper: Sheffield Independent
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1031 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

Hello, New York! Leeds Publicity Club’s Telephone Greeti

... ” to be produced at the West Leeds Girls’ High School during A PROUD PERSIAN CAT. —Miss Simpson Baikie. with her cream Persian, Shah Jehan,” at the Southern Counties Cat Club’s Show in London, x..i# mm** \iP • t ' . • '. ,; i !• E;. .. ;.v ...

Published: Saturday 23 January 1932
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 332 | Page: 10 | Tags: none