... ON PERSIA. PERHAPS DO event of the past year had more of general interest for the British public than the visit of the Persian Shah. Six months have passed away since his Majesty's departure from Europe, and the novelty of the: incident has ceased to ...

... and his whole suite will 'be the guests of the' Sultan. This is the first occasion since the conquest of Bagdad that a Persian Shah hds made his appearance on Turkish soil, and there is some talk at. Constantinople of baking the opporptuinity for proposing ...

... barbarous, ignorant, superstitious, debauched, and debased, idle and devoid of good faith. Long tributary to the Persian Shahs, they had taken advantage of the confusion that followed Nadir's death to shake off their allegiance and form an alliance ...