... lowish communities are at Hamadan, Ispahan, Kashan, Kermanshah and Teheran. Hamadan, the former Summer residence of the Persian Shah, is a . large city. The Jewish community, consisting of about 500 families (Pollak 1 50 families), has three synagogues ...

... Harris, himself, the soi-distant major, had been a card-sharper, an actor, a soldier of fortune in the service of the Persian Shah, and finally, an unscrupulous retainer in that of Don Vasco Gonsalez, a Portuguese of great wealth. He, having the advantage ...