... reads: '“When His Majesty the Cat Receives in His Drawing Room.” The reason for this is that the French word for cat and the Persian Shah are pronounced in the same way, and the Government concerned thought that a pun was implied. In fact it is of such incidents ...

... stand as chess when the king is attacked. French echec, a repulse, check. echecs, chess-men, Italian scacco, German schach. Persian shah, king. Check, to compare with a counterpart or authority, See.— a mark put against items list. Ac. From the practice of ...

... stand in chess when the king is attacked. French ichec, a repulse, check, echecs, chessmen, Italian scacco, German schach, Persian shah, king. Chuck, to compare with a counterpart or authority, Ac.— a mark put against items in a list, &c. From the practice ...

... the Baruksab. Herat was then independent both of Persia and of the rulers of Cabal, but was coveted by Mahomed Mina, the Persian Shah. Shah Mahomed required Shah Kamran acknowledge suzerainty, and surrender the title of Shah, and on refusal marched army ...

... taboos and caste. The Chinese Government vsed its Scouts, Cubs and Guides as instructors in public morals and manners. The Persian Shah had decreed a Guide and Scout troop in every school, hoping by their means tn help the development of the recently unveiled ...

... attended. Fancy dress prizes were awarded as follows : Miss W. Boness, Miss R. Wilkinson, Mrs. F. Wooding, Mr. P. Wooding. Persian Shah (uamo unknown), and Mr. G. Cowley. Mrs. F. Gammons, Mrs. C. Cross, Mrs. W. Spavins, and Mrs. F. Wooding arranged the d ...

... country 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 has made his appearance on Turkish soil, and there is some talk at Constantinople of taking the opportunity for proposing ...

... misadventures of our own. Meanwhile we shall still hold friendly relations with, give morel support to the Afghan Ameer and the Persian Shah. rirnU maintain our treaty with the Khan A Khelst which gives us right to send kroopi to Qn«tUh, the oocuion render Mtoh ...

... Otherwise the most exciting foreign events have been a royal marriage or two, and the journeys of the German EMPEROR and the Persian SHaH. The visitors to the most successful of all the Great Exhibitions still occasionally reach a quarter of a million a day ...

... total, £355, would have been very different. y the way, oue may again be reminded that the name chess goes back to the Persian “shah,” to which the late-latin * scacoarium and our word “ exchequer” are allied. Among the lots &mnhy were: A facsimile of ...

... rivals, the Barukaais. Herat was then Independent both Persia and of the rulers of CabuL but c v « by Mahomed Miras, the Persian Shah. Shah Mahomed required Shah Kamran acknowledge his suzerainty,and surrender the title of Shah, and on his marched army ...

... Kings,” seriously hol ia at other monarchies to be inferior to tl r, Eeq., prestige, and never, since the days of has a Persian Shah set foot in Europ: only is the present Shah styled “| Kings” by virtue of governing Iran, b ster of lineally descended ...