PERSIA
... PERSIA. tterious frontier differenrce which hare existed between the Turkish Sultan and the Persian Shah at lenitth been amicably settled by the of and ...
... PERSIA. tterious frontier differenrce which hare existed between the Turkish Sultan and the Persian Shah at lenitth been amicably settled by the of and ...
... were ahsoulutelv devoid of anything approaching enthusiasm. They went for the same reason that they would have gone to see Persian Shah, an Indian Nabob, or a King Cetawayo; and, looking upon the spectacle, I was forcibly reminded of the truth of Thomas Carlyle's ...
... creation. There seems to be no doubt that it came to Europe from the East, and way of Persia. The word chess comes from the Persian shah, meaning king, and shah mat (checkmate), the king is dead. First Tournament. At the beginning of the last century ...
... (Jazz Pierrette): Mrs A. C. Balfour (French Maid); Miss Dawbarn (Joan of Arc). The gentlemen included Mr J. M. Lowrie (Persian Shah); Mr W. D. Butler (Esquimaux); Mr D. T. Brown (Sheikh); Mr J. I). Latta (Nurse with Pram) ; Mr G. W. Plummer (Harry Lauder); ...
... Malatesta. A little later Malatesta appeared in Paris, and almost immediately there were two at- ' tempts on the life of the Persian Shah, then in Paris. A shot at the French President followed. In Switzerland and Belgium riots attended his coming. In Germany ...
... civilised world. It is still commonly played Asia, and the name by which ia known most languages is a corruption of the Persian Shah or King. The board upon is played similar to that for draughts, with 64 squares. Each player must have white square his ...
... action successively in suppressing the Iraq revolt, in liquidating the Vichy machinations in Syria, and in bringing the Persian Shah to account. The building up of an army in the Near East, about which probably the Turks know more than we do, may have ...
... East. have one trait in common—they are military heroes. Ghazi Mustapha Kemal of Turkey. the Wahabi King of Mecca, the Persian Shah Pahlavi, and King Amanullah, the ruler of my own country of Afghanistan, have all had to fight their respective ways to ...
... oar of 18. - ii. and a heavy eutc.idy to Hoot I We gave hint to pay hie natitetilnek-enew. and we f.m i the and with the Persian Shah to divert hies from Ilerat. It has nee doverted bite; hie army I. =eater of the Central Asian city ; and we ate in full ...
... after which he will spend the winter at one of the German baths. A very reasonable and eligible offer has been made the Persian Shah to the French Emperor, offering him the Protectorate of the East, and calling his attention to the favourable opportunity ...
... English complexions rather throws a doubt upon the fog theory.—Evening Standard. Phlegmatic Orientals. —The phlegmatic Persian Shah who declined to to the Derby because it was already known to him that one horse faster than another was a good deal like ...
... stipendiary Magistrates. The House then adjourned at 1.20, a.m. A very reasonable and eligible offer has been made the Persian Shah to the French Emperor, offering him the Protectorate of the East, and calling his attention to the favonrable opportunity ...