... his sojourn amongst us will prove to be of far greater practical value than that of either the Sultan of Turkey or the Persian Shah. This perhaps is not saying much; for up to the present moment we have not learnt that the experience which those potentates ...

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... %‘ui vive for new distractions, and the visit of the Kiug of Siam will be scarcely lcss interesting than was that of the Persian Shah. is not His Majesty the “Lord of the White Elcglu\nt by title ¥ Although be will probably not rin.% in his svite one of ...

... Jews, as told in an old story. The old story thus irreverently alluded to is evidently the Book of Esther, and the Persian Shah is King Ahasuerus, whose gracious permission to the Jews to gather together and to stand for their life, to destroy, ...

... the Persians from that citv, indeed the Persians have really occupied it, for knows whether they have or have not ? > the Persian Shah, if he has really occupied Herat, has, no doubt, acted under a promise of Russian support, aud that support was, most pro* ...

... if the needs of the company ' made it necessary, as is hinted. Next, if not superior in importance to the visit of the Persian Shah, is. thought to have been that of tbe directors of the North-Wes- tern, __anoaahire and Yorkshire, Midland, and Shef- field ...

... the son of the Bokharan Ameer, the son of Yakoob Beg the former ruler of Kashgar, and Abdoussaroed Mirza brother of the Persian Shah. It is uncertain whether the attendance of the Shah himself can be secured. A deputation of eleven representatives of all ...

... is Europe the social status of a man may be guessed by his dress or his equipage, in Persia it Is denoted by his pipe. A Persian shah or prince has his pipe covered with richly enamelled plates of gold sant silver and incrusted with gems, such as rubies ...

... rest the title of a Ministry to respect upon such inciients as the reception of an English representative at and of a Persian Shah in London. understand that the Churchwardens of St. -Steps, Exeter, are preparing a presentment th e Rector for ultr ...

... disposition, were so many proofs that, however far he might have fallen short of the enthusiasm of our Western habits, the Persian Shah was • pleased obeervor of what passed before him. Ile stated as much, indeed, to those about him on more than one occasion ...

... the complaint runs as follows. Three centuries ago a Turkish subject, named Younsur Pasha, appeared at the court of the Persian Shah Abbass the Great, and offered, with his fellow -tribesmen, to migrate to Persia if the Sovereign would grant him suitable ...

... of Frederick the Great, sat the Emperor for hours together, and gave only the most important audiences. The visit of the Persian Shah seemed to draw him out of his lethargy, although it was not agreeable to him. Sad presentiments seemed to disturb the Emperor ...