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... of t its chief and founder Bab, the soi-disane represell-r tative of Mahommed Mehdi, the twelfth and last a Imam, claiming direct succession from Mahommed, continues to increase, and its followers are said to number in Persia alone 50,000. The village ...
... coiquering all Persia, when he tell into the hands of a rival, wcho beheaded him in 1758. Haisson, Aga.Mahomed.Khan succerded inproclaiming himself Shah of Persia in 1794, and he founded the pre- sent dynasty. Since 1705 the Court of Persia has resided at ...
... and south, there are points between Persia and Turkey unarranged upon the vest. Its regard to Persia it is always important to remember who are her neighbours. On the north, for about t,2oo miles, the frontier of Persia is conterminous with that of Russia ...
... DEPARTUltE of th'e-; BAB of PERSIA. The Shah left London on Saturday last for Paris. On ir the previous afternoon he visited St. Thomas's Hospital. ?? ivin ttthe Hospitalhe was ireeivedby Sir F. .icks, be teTeasurer, and the Geverciwrs, who aonducted ...
... relations between Great Britain and Persia, with a slight sketch of its present and prospec- tive advantages. In the year 1661, it was thought so desirable to establish immediate cominercia] relations with Persia, that Queen Elizabeth sent out her ambassador ...
... THE PERSIAN PROBLEM. FRnCOG an academic point of view the situation in Persia still presents' two problems of equal interest and obscurity. Why was the late Shah assassinated ? What will the new Shah do ? But the former, ques- tion, however excellent ...
... the Shah of Persia is s'yinpathetieally referred to in all newspapers this morning. The opinion is expressed that England will endeavour to take advantage of the opportunity afforded by his death to regain some of her lost prestige in Persia, and in any ...
... ttith Isis orders, Bab It to publicly eliot at Tabreez, eind uniderwenit lil anpiish- n0 moisnt with a coulrage an coolisess not at all cousmon n with persons of lisi class. 'Two o'fil risisciples iwere lit chiosens on the rlratin of' Bab to proceed instaiitly ...
... Nasar-ed-Din'u assassin Was for s-a Babi, or follower of El Bab. Concerning~ this pri I-sect the following~ intersting detail-s are sup- not g plied, About 5S) years ago tlkere rose in Peri, G, .rone El Ba~b, who declared himself to he the Mei.- hase 3- silab ...
... and which states that within the past few weeks England has taken under her protection the whole of South Arabia from the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait to the Gulf of Oman. The St. Petersburg Herold, commenting on this despatch, observes This latest acquisition ...
... than five days; ,theA at a much less expeadi- , 1 ture there might be oonstructed,.steamera of the 1 powenD and speed of the Persia, which woal re ] duce both portiona. of, the sea voyage to.,10 days each,.giving about 21, dys to aceomplish,the dis- e tauce ...
... Adalbe4t was born in 1828, and is unmarried. PERSIA, A letter from Constantinople (says the Constitu- tionnel) gives fresh details of the attempted assassina- tion of the Shah of Persia. There has existed in Persia for the last three or four years a religious ...