The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-29
THE ASYLUM OF raE UNIVERSE.
A Glimpse at Lie in the Royal House
hold of Persia.

NEW YORK. July 2f.-That somswhat
remarkable Persian man, the diplomat
whose name will scan, great Hadju Has
sein Ghooly Kahn. who doesn't admire the
American plan of treating the Monarch of
Teheran as an item of news for praise or
ban, announces that he is sort O. sick of the
world in general as presented in particular
for his contemplation in Washington, aud
that he is going, for brief respite at least,
TO bask in the glory OF his royal master tho
shah, now visiting England. Perhaps he
may not come back, in which case no Will
bs missed, not as an ornament but as
novel piquancy in the social life Of the capi-
tai.
Nasr-ed- Din, whom he goes forth to greet
is simply known as the ''Shthn in England, ,
but at home, where lac is appreciated, he
has, many more titles. among the mosU
modest Of which are "Asylum of the Uui-
worse" and king of Kings" OF course,
those fall short of the comprehensive
magniloquence of John Brougham's
Brother of the Sun, Cousin of the Moon
and blood relation to all the rest of the Solar
SYSTEM but they will do for plain unas-
suming man like the shah The Asylum
of the Universe' does not seem to have
aged, perceptibly, siuce his appearancein in
Paris few years age, except that the look
OI buSlJlCAOI hllu hDAi0holAsiJAiy tuuh FiAAbAD
in his countenance, has deepened and made
some lines that show rather prominently
when his face is in repose. 1t comes,
doubtless, from his constant fear Of assassi-
nation, dread that is hardly less active in
his mind than in at Of the Car of Russia,
though it would appear to be far legs Justi-
fled by probabilities in tile former tlan in
the latter case. In the early part Of his
reign, a real attempt was made by the
Babees upon the life Of the shah and he was
dangerously wounded, fact that he has
never forgotten, and is always anticipating
q repetition of. What he prOfessed TO re-
gard as a second attempt was made very
shortly before the occasion OF his former
visit to Europe.
Through the corruption and raseality
of the paymasters Of his army, his soldiers
had been unpaid for a long time AID were
in actual distress for want Of money.
Learning that the Asylum Of the Uui-
verse" intended visiting tue shrine Of Shah
Abdul Azim, in his carriage, great num-
number of the needy soldiers gathered on
the way and sought, in conformity TO the
oriental usage, to present petition to MIN
setting forth their grievances and praying
relief. The rascally paymastcrs sought, by
force, to prevent their doing 50 aud in the
melee that occurred stones were thrown,
few of which struck the vehicle containing
the "King Of Kings" To say that he was
scared is putting the facts mildly. He re-
turned to the palace atonce and twelve Of the
aggCieved soldiers, presumably ring leaders
who had been seized and tightly bound
were dragged before him. he gave them no
trial, allowed them no opportunity to plead
their innocence and to explain the real cause
Of the trial, but ordered the dozen Of them
strAngled and their execution was performed
at once while no stood looking on.
The shah is man Of middle hight, with
very swarthy complexion, heavily bearded
and of good figure. he dresses in dark
clothing, with a noticeable absence Of
Jewels and adornments, ia quiet good taste
and his manners, when abroad among
Europeans, are gentlemanly. One would
be likely TO get the impression from look
ing at him that he is a quiet aud mild
mannered person, aud to think that the
butchery of the dozen soldiers and the cold
blooded assassination, by his orders, Of his
brother-in-law, the Prime Minister MIRA
Taghy, in the carly part of his reign, and
various other like incidents that might
cited, were strange and inexplicable iuad-
vertencies fereign T. his nature. But his
loud, imperiOus speech and bauRhty domi-
neering air whom addressing his own people,
demonstrate his viva conception Of sI-
preme authorty-suggest, 81 TO speak, the
extreme altitude Of the perch OF 'ch be
roosts on all MS great cour5 and ret nlo
it is said that he misses most, wnen ho ls IN
Europe, the relocated exeoutIo1ers ard
"farrashes or bastinsdoes, without whose
useful and amusing company he mover stirs
abroad when in 1is own country IL - but
inst 10 say that hs has the feet Of many
persons pounded to jelly by The bAsJinado,
where he finds few who seem TO afford
reasonable excuse for strangling them, but
incidents of both kinds occur vita sufficient
frequency TO prevent life becoming mOnoto-
nous with him when running Persia
in his own 5west way. The
executioners and 'farrashes' are
not the only ones whose absence
leaves blank in his European existence.
We're he to keep up his home custom OF
having "A dozen or a score of running tJot-
meu-with silver slaves Of office, tall turreted
hats and jingling or aments-Jufhping
along at MS stirrup when he goes outriding
In London, ne would be promptly re-
garded in the light Of a wandering circus
by the populace, and his dignity might
suffer. He may, however, find some
compensation in the fact that he does not
here require tho huge body guard Of armed
men TO protect him from assassination, the
specter Of his home life. But who can tell