... plements has revived, reds while in Tietoria the marriage market. eepoc ally te Dutch MINDED TH OWN BUSINESS. The phlogmatic Persian Shah who declined to g@ to the Derby because it was already known to him that one horse wae faster than another horee, was a ...

... the Afghans Herat was then independent both of Persia and of the rulers of Cabul, but it was coveted by Mahomed Mina. the Persian Shah. It was' a curious accident that then saved Herat from absorption into the Persian monarchy. A young English officer chanced ...

... the firss 10 months of the eurrent financial year show a deflciency of £70,000. Tux Sultan of Tarkey has 300 wives, the Persian Shah 400, the King of Siam 600, and the King of Ashantee 3.000. Lown Sauispesy bas now practically recovered from his severe ...

... opposed to the Constitu- tion granted by tis father in the last months of bis life. USLIMITED POWERS. ‘The power of the Persian Shahs fad been cnlimited. “No law exists in Persia,” Pro feewor Vembery said two years ago, and Lord Curson in his “Persia and ...