Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-18

ibat case black slave was pistOlled ana
/ lady died. But these accidents uIu hoI
occur in the Kings palace. / remeh'Or,
, auuufOrtunate Who, while he was engage
in oXcaVatiug a watercourse, suddenly
found himself IN the royal harem ana
nearly died of fright. But the King, see
ing how the matter stood, pardoned MN.
Fresh acquisitions for the seragllo ar
rive frequently, at times in patches. Inc
/ mode OF getting rid OF those who nave
ceased to please is simple and yet inge-
NOUS. There is no sewing up in sacks,
no casting from towers, no howstrlng, no
poisoning. Some provincial General 10
informed that he will be favored with a
wife from the royal harem. To refuse Is
impOssible; the disguised lady arrives
and is placed at the head OF her new nus
bands household. She usually insists on
his Immediately divorcing his other wives
and in any case treats them as interiors
One of my Persian friends was Gen. r
Khan. He became the recipient OF one OF
these royal favOrs. she led him sad lie
and he never alluded to her but in
whisper as "the old camel"
Beauty and youth are the few and sim.
pie qualifications for entering the royal
harem. Various plishments, such
as singing, playing on the hand drum, the
tambourine or the barmOnica are often
acquired after the lady has been received
into the seragliO. Every lady VINO be-
comes royal wife has a separate estab-
llshment and servants OF her own in the
harem enclosure. Only the fresh arrivals
and those who have failed to please live
together in sort of barrack, under the
supervision Of the Amin-i- Akdas, an old
favorite who acts as a sort of 'mother OF
the maids" Every Thursday there is
kind Of review, the Shah personally in
spectIng the whole establishment other
than the recognized wives and favorites.
The throwing of the handkerchief is no In
YentiOn and has not gone out of practice.
The number of legitimate wives Cor
akdi) for every Mussulman is four. The
head wife, the cousin OF the Shah, having
the Title Of Shukues-Sultana. is the great
granddaughter of Futteh Ali Shah, a mon
arch whose family was so large that 10
OF MS descendants were alive at his death.
This lady is mother OF the Crown Prince
or Naliad. Her marriage with the King
was one Of policy. The next wife in Sc
nlority is the daughter of son of Futteh
Ali Shah. She is only known to TumOr as
having somewhat sharp temper. Inc
third wife, and the actual tavorite, is the
Anys-u-Dowlet. She has been a legti-
mate vile nearly ten years, is very fat,
fairly good-loOking, ana is said to be very
goOd-tempered and attractive, She actu-
ally accompanied the Shah az far as Mos
cow on his first journey to Europe; but
the attempts to see her by the Russians
OF all classes were 80 pertinacious that,
to her great disappointment, she was sent
back to Teheran. The Anys-u-DOwleth has
immense intience and yet she never takes
BRIDE. But her own family is well cared
tor. Three of her relatives fill important
positions at the court, where their repu-
tation IL not that OF their royal kinswo-
man. The whole family were the child
rem of village miller who lived near
Dimarvend, a nearly extinct volcano,
which, capped with eternal snow, towers
over Teheran and may be seen at a dis
lance OF 200 miles.
OF the Segahs, the mother of the lilies
Sultan, the Kings eldest son, is the Sc
nlor. She looks well after the interests
OF her son. She was poor Kurdi girl;
her brother, who occupies the Office OF
Master of the Horse TO his nephew, is an
extremely rude and rough kind of per
sOnage. The mother OF the NaIb-u-Sul-
taneh, favorite son of the Shah (whom
he much resembles), ranks next. This
lady also is not OF royal blood, being the
daughter OF the Maimar- bashi or head
architect.
The amusements of the ladies are tea
parties, music, story telling, the bath
In which they spend many hours-picnics,
excursions in the royal carriages, smOk-
ing, and the eating and making of sweet
meats and confectionery and pickles. The
honor OF being selected to accompany the
King on his hunting excursions is much
coveted and jealousy intrigued for. When
In the large glass coaches of the Kingthe
ladies are not cruelty careful to conceal
their charms from the casual European.
Most OF those who were in the habit OF
driving on the Gulahak road, the drive
outside Teherau, have caught many
glimpses OF the royal ladies as their car
riages passed the vehicles of the FERN
ghis at gallop. These lights of the hs-
rem are much bedizened and much painted
aud, as rule-and except for their mag
niticent eyes-ugly. Possibly the ladies
90 not go out till they have become lit
tie pdSSe; or not, perhaps, till increas-
ing obesity renders carriage exercise a
necessity. 1t must not be supposed that
all or even most Persian ladies' are fat
and ugly; that would be quite mistake
Life in the royal harem tends To fatness
perhaps.
Formerly the Kings harem was gov
erned by the Shah's mother, who had i'm
mense influence with her son. She was a
stern monitress and harem executions
under her rule We're frequent. This clever
woman had her detractors, who made her
out a sort of Catharinp OC paraia