... in Europe the social status of a man may be guessed by bra 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 and silver and incrusted with gems, such as rubies ...

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

... country. It was feared at hrst that his manners eu.;foms would be as little consonant with English practice those of the Persian Shah, and everyone haj been agreeably disappointed. Prince and Princess of Wales especially found him to be distinctly tolerable ...

... informed with ri regard at any rate to the views and statements of t. the opposition, if such a term. can be used of I ,, Persian ?? Shah of Persia is nearly I is, played out. He drinks a bottle of brandy a day. H 1e : c eonsumes hashish and oplum freely. ...

... the seat the Metropolitan, covered with gold embroidered velvet cushion, the left. The Czar s choir was one presented the Persian Shah. Abbas I. Venper services were chanted the eve of coronation in all the Moscow churches, and next morning all their bells ...

... field-marshals; marriage** ChmsSS N 'A L k? k : 2? i of B ° n «s «*eption and other notable incidents connected with the Persian Shah's last visit; JubUee of 1887; and many others of the kind; and, abroad, I had been present and ?? taken my share when- ...