1 I Recollect— Queen Alexandra and a Persian Shah - periods in these demo-eratic it is worshipped All into ..

... 1 I Recollect— Queen Alexandra and a Persian Shah - periods in these demo-eratic it is worshipped All into circulation notorious paper Modsrn Society” edited burly Lawrence who wore tightly-buttoned black collar It used to be said told their maids to ...

Published: Friday 02 February 1923
Newspaper: Liverpool Daily Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 3983 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

THE SULTANS JEWELLED THRONES NOW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC GAZE. MADE WITH GOLD SHEETING AND ENCRUSTED WITH THOUSANDS ..

... THRONES NOW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC GAZE. MADE WITH GOLD SHEETING AND ENCRUSTED WITH THOUSANDS OF PEARLS ; THE THRONE OF THE PERSIAN SHAH ISMAIL, CAPTURED BY SULTAN SELIM OF TURKEY AT ISPAHAN—INDIAN WORK OF THE EARLY SIXTEENTH CENTURY. v' THE THRONE OF SHAH ...

Published: Saturday 19 February 1927
Newspaper: Illustrated London News
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 82 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW?

... —Traces of the game extend beyond history. i.—lt is ot Eastern, probably Persian, origin, as Us name is derived from the Persian shah, king” and means the game of kings. 6.— A cleric of Safra. in Estramadura, Spain, who published a work on chess in li6i ...

Published: Tuesday 27 December 1927
Newspaper: Nottingham Journal
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: | Words: 97 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

Nothing emphasises more strikingly the - hanged conditions in Turkey than the conversion of the Old Seraglio of ..

... and the East. Among these are the four thrones here illustrated, one them the enamelled and pearl-encrusted throne of the Persian Shah Ismail, which was taken by the Turks, with other booty, after the battle of Tchaldiran. Recalling a visit to the Turkish ...

Published: Saturday 19 February 1927
Newspaper: Illustrated London News
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 149 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

FURNITURE AFLOAT IN SIX FEET OF WATER

... situation in Holland is critical many of the lesser dykes having given way. •All Army and Navy leave has ,been stowed. NEW PERSIAN SHAH INJURED BY BOMB? Bagdad Report That Both Legs Have Been Blown Off ...

Published: Monday 04 January 1926
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 144 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

SWISS CAPITAL LEVY SCARE

... SWISS CAPITAL LEVY SCARE. PERSIAN SHAH WITHDRAWING DEPOSITS. Paris, Wednesday. The Shah Persia will leave Paris tomorrow evening.—Central News. Gcne#a, Wednesday. Tho Shah is expectnl Lausanne for the purpose of withdrawing his considerable deposits ...

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... it situated. It is thks garden which yield® lII© worldfamous attar loses, that luscious perfume which, in olden t hives, Persian Shah* commanded should be used exclusively in their harems, and which, even to-clay, iu India, offered to wedding guests on ...

Published: Saturday 13 August 1927
Newspaper: Sheffield Independent
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 206 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

Seraglio Treasures: Jewelled Thrones from the Turkish Sultans' Palaces Now Collected into a Museum

... THRONE IN THE OLD SERAGLIO _ ________ THE THRONE OF A MILLION PEARLS THE PEARL-STUDDED SEAT OF ISMAIL, A SIXTEENTH-CENTURY PERSIAN SHAH. A WONDERFUL RELIC OF OLD INDIAN CRAFTSMANSHIP WAS BROUGHT BACK BY THE CONQUEROR SULTAN, SELIM. IT IS IN THE FORMER IMPERIAL ...

Published: Saturday 04 June 1927
Newspaper: The Graphic
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 314 | Page: 35 | Tags: Photographs 

Greece and its Monarchy

... secws decidedly under a cloud in the Near and Middle East. One after another in q_ick succession the Turkish Caliph, the Persian Shah, and the Greek King have been driven off their thrones to make room for republics. The Greek case differs from the others ...

Published: Thursday 27 March 1924
Newspaper: London Daily Chronicle
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 300 | Page: 8 | Tags: none