... mngnetism, Feisal did much to strengthen his country's relations with neighbouring States. In April, 1932, he visited the Persian Shah at Teheran PEACE BY ARBITRATION The historic meeting of King Feisal and King Ibn Saud on board H.M.S. Lupin in Febru ary ...

... husband, but as the girl proved delicate she had been supplanted by a mere child, applecheeked and plump, grand-niece of a Persian Shah. rmly behind me, and I found myself among a group of n-omen of the harem, Rosita Forbes, who has recently returned from ...

... chess board you can make friends in the train with people without speaking their language. The name chess comes from the Persian Shah. King. and the word checkmate which ends the game, from Shah mat, meaning The King is dead. Some think it was meant for ...

... bourdiouts, or sheepskins. of petroleum a month in the first years of last century. By taxing th e sales of this oil the Persian Shah found himself a rich man. It is a technique subsequent Shahs have perfected. ONE day in 1805 Prince Tsitsianor, with a ...

... üßetter had it been perhaps had its inventor never been ham!' Europe got it from Arabia. but our word chess is the Persian Shah (king). and checkmate is Slish.iitst. the King is dead. Our rook is the Indian rukk and the Persian rokk $ soldier ...

... cosmopolitan sportsman. the polished product of Western civilisation. and she the illustrious daughter of a long line of Persian Shahs clinging dearly to the ancient traditions of the East. Vie had talked, through an Interpreter. of many things before I ...

... in the Moslem world, is paying her first visit to Europe at the age of eighty-six. She is descended from a long line of Persian shahs. The German view is that it is a matter chiefly for Britain and France.—Reuter. ...