Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-08-13

aIter the re1gn1ng 6nan was taken pTlSOu
ser by the Atfghans, END abdicated in ia
vor of his son-ir-law Mahmud. The
kajar Chief soon organized an army and
! expelled the Affghans, and was himself
a Is by an aspirant to the throne
ram All Khan left son, Muhammad Has
s'n Khan, who conducted for a long time
struggle with Nadir KuI, an usurper.
The latter was killed in 1747. and during
the intervening period three sovereigns
OF the old line had nominallv
relgned. One Kerim Khan then usurped
the throne M uhammad Hassan Khan.
the haJar Chief, opposed the ausurper,,
In l751, the Khan of Afghan sent an
army into Persia, in which emergency
the Kajar Chief drew around him all the
Kajar tribes and all the Pe1sians. From
| these chiefs he received many presents
including two diamonds, now worn bv
the present Shah, one the "Sea. of Light,
| weighing over one ounce, and the other
Grown of the Moon," weighing nearly
an ounce. Muhammad Hassan Khan
prosecuted the war vigorously, expelIing
the Afghans and defeating the usurper,
but in 1857 he suffered great losses, and
| finally he was killed He left two sons,
Agha Muhammad Khan and Hussein Kuli
Khan. The latter was killed few years
later Kerlm, the lrper, continued to
rule until 1879, in eh year he died,
and Agha Muham eas the head of the
Kajars, began " or the throne of
Persia. He was a hater Of all mankind,
and his reign, which lasted until 1897,
was succession of the most horrible
murders, mutilations, fortunes and cruelty.
He murdered all of the living descend
ants of the preceding dynasty. He in
1897, was murdered by two of his attend
ants whom he had marked for strangula-
ton the next day. Thus was the Kajar
dynasty enthroned in Persia seventy-six
years ago.
The second Kajar Shah was Faith Ali
Shah, who died in 1884; the third was:
Muhammad Shah, who died in 194S, and
the fourth is the present Shah, who was,
born in 1888
The Kajar Shahs seem to be a prolific
race Every male person connected with
them is a Prince, or Chief, wearing the
title of Khan Persia is overrun with
them. The first Shah had no children.
He had two sisters One of these left one
son, who is Kan Ter Khan The second
Shah Faith Ali had four legitimate wives,
and 154 secondary wives, including per-
manent as well as temporary residents of
the harem. He had 265 children; of these,
159 died in infancy, and 60 sons and As
daughters lived to mature age. All the
sons had children, though not ali as many
each as their father. The sons, grandsons,
and great grandsons of the second Shah,
now very numerous, are all Princes of
the blood. The sixty sons alone had 670
children. The number Of the children by
the daughters is not enumerated, the male
line alone being Princes. Muhammad
Shah, the third monarch of the line,
died in 1913. aged Al years He left sur
viving him only five sons and four daugh-
tiers, only two of whom were by the same
mother. His Oldest son is the present
Shah, who was born April "a, 1888. The
present Shah has lost nine sons and many
daughters, who died young, and has three
sons and six daughters living. These sons
are: 1. Sultan Mas I'd Mira, Zil us-Sul-
tan, born in 1850, Governor of Ears, who
has one son and four daughters 2. Mus
afer ud-din Mira, heir to the throne, born
in October, 1851, who has six children. 3.
Kamram Mira, naib usSultaneh, II years
of age Of the six daughters five are
married. and several of them have chill
dren. The Shah has four regular wives,
that is, those to whom he is allied by
marriage ceremony, but the number of
others has not been stated. It is stated
that in one instance, at least, he has re-
cruited his regular matrimonial. charge in
Europe. He is accompanied in England
by suite of Princes of the blood and
others, numbering about fifty persons. ).
The territorial area of Persia is 635 963
square miles, The population is between
four and five millions, or about that Of
the State of New York The annual re-
venue is about $13, 100000, leaving a sur
plus of 100000 annually. The Shah
owes no debt, and the Treasury is filled
with gold and jewels to the value of $780,
100000. He has an army OF Isl 900 men
of all arms The majority of the people
are Mohammedans but Of different sects.
The Catholics have several bishoprics, and
| the Protestant missions have several sta
tons. It is needless to say that the Gov
eminent is an absolute despotism, but the
present Shah evinces a disposition to rise
above the Incidence which marks the
luxury Of Oriental Lations-C Chicago
I91buaae.
Stock IN JAPAN.-In place Of iron shoes
the horses are shOd with straw ones, which
scarcely last longer than day, and are
then thrown away to be replaced by fresh
ones. Herds and focks are not common
in Japan This is readily accounted for
by the fact that the people live chiefly
upon fish and vegetables, and their gar
ments are either cotton or silk. In addi-
ton to cats and dogs, the only domestic
animals possessed by the Japanese are
horses and horned cattle. The horses
were originally brought from the Corea,
and are larger and stronger than those of
China; they are docile but timid, and
quite useless for cavalry. They feed ex-
clusively upon rice straw in place of
grain; their hoofs wear away so rapidly
that the best horses are useless after their
sixth year. In 1870 the whole number of
horses in the empire amounted to 100000,
and the number of oxen was reckoned at
100000 head. The latter are indispensa-
BILE to the cultivation Of rice, and are also
frequently used as pack oxen Cows milk
is Stunned as white BLOOD" and the jap
anese are consequently unacquaintcd with
butter or cheese. Asses are rare, and goats
and pigs are only to be found in the sea-
ports frequented by Europeans.
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