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PERSIAN SHAH'S ILLNESS

... PERSIAN SHAH'S ILLNESS. Baghdad. Thursday. The Shah of Persia seriously indisposed, and haa been obliged to cancel all engagements Hjs Majesty will leave to-morrow for Persia.-— Rautar. ...

Published: Saturday 29 May 1920
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 27 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

perms fought for it with Persian Shahs. Peter the Great first determined that Russia should have the lamefit of the

... perms fought for it with Persian Shahs. Peter the Great first determined that Russia should have the lamefit of the great oil deposits. He took measures for the better distribution of the petroleum, and encouraged enterprise. Sulsequent Russian (leversments ...

Published: Friday 24 May 1901
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 97 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

AGA KHAN'S MOTHER Invested by the King with Order of Crown of India

... in the Moslem . world , is paying hor first visit to Europe at 86 3 'ears of age . She is descended from a long line of Persian Shahs , but her home is in Bombay , where for years sho has been visited by her son and her grandson . Prince ...

Published: Friday 07 October 1932
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 129 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

PROGRESSIVE PERSIAN

... PROGRESSIVE PERSIAN SHAH'S ENLIVEN^ INFLUENCE TOWN ability COULD GIVE TO BRITAIN , His impressions of from a thirty years ass the country and its peop • , , to members of Aberdeen at their weekly lund■ lC ' by Mr lan Moir. Edinburgh di Mr Moir indicated ...

Published: Wednesday 06 October 1937
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 370 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

The Baku Oil Fountains —There is historical evidence to prove that tne Baku oil fountains have worked for 2500 ..

... Baku supplied the whole country far Bagdad, and the trade became so valuable that Armenian Emperors fought for it with Persian Shahs. Peter the Great first determined that Russia should have the benefit of the great oil deposits. He took measures for the ...

Published: Wednesday 22 May 1901
Newspaper: Dundee Evening Telegraph
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 418 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

DUNDONIAN'S TOUR THROUGH RUSSIA AND SIBERIA

... heat it sooa acquired commercial importance. So valuable did the trade become that Armenian Emperors fought for it with Persian Shahs. The first Czar to recognise the value of the deposits was Peter the Great. Russia, he was determined, should have them ...

Published: Wednesday 11 March 1903
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1110 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

OUR LADIES' COLUMN

... Tyre, and a stone of the angelic Powers. Among the gems of the Zodiac, it belongs to the constellation Taurus. One of the Persian Shahs is said to have possessed small golden casket studded with emeralds, which, blessed by the Prophet, was supposed to render ...

Published: Thursday 23 May 1907
Newspaper: Dundee Evening Telegraph
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1136 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

OUR LADIES LETTER

... protects from enemies. This idea of THE PROTECTIVE VIRTUE OF THE DIAMOND has been common among many nations; one of the Persian Shahs wore a diamond in the hilt of his scimitar, which was supposed to render him invincible. Napoleon had _a diamond set in ...

Published: Thursday 11 April 1907
Newspaper: Dundee Evening Telegraph
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1738 | Page: 6 | Tags: none