... treasury are to be seen sabres, scimitars, daggers, matchlocks, coats of mail, a throne of beaten gold captured from a Persian Shah, a barbaric display of jewels, Sultan Murad's damascened suit of mail, china vases, bowls, ewers, tiles-things of the greatest ...

... of Afghanistan so much trouble, are an agricultural people, who are first heard of in history as horse-breeders for the Persian Shahs. Thev are friendly, hospitable people at home, famed for their skill in divina- tion, which is practised, as in ancient ...

... THE MARCH OF EVENTS THE LAST OF THE PERSIAN SHAHS THE BLOODLESS REVOLUTION IN PERSIA The Shah (inset) has been deposed, and Riza Khan, the Prime Minister, has now assumed the kingship. Riza, of humble origin, is wearing a cloak in the group. THE NEW SOVIET ...

... 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 ...