The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-08-01
PERSIA'S NEW SHAH.
He Possesses IN Enormous Fortune
and Varied Aooompliahments.
SoAeehtAg ~ the Life aaA alstory Of
the Sea and Heir o1 the
0eesatly Aseasslnatod
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| Mouzaffer ed-Din, the present shah q
Persia In in easy circumstances. rh
royal treasure, which Is kept in tn
vaults of the palace of Teheran, was in
creased enormously during the reign o
his father, Nassr ed-Din. Sentinel
stand day and night in front of a scales
door which leads to crypt where mil
lions in gold and silver are hid, as wei
as nuggets of the precious metals. Th
shah, in order to be close to his treasure
has his private apartments immediate
~ above the vaults. Besides thes
riches, which are estimated at owe
! 5000, 900 900, the shah also has treasur,
shut up in one of the apartments of hi
palace. This is composed of pearls
| rubies, emeralds and other precious
stones, among which there is nagnifi
cent diamond, which, on account of it.
rare beauty, Is called ''the Sea of Light.
just now the French papers are Civ
ing good deal of space to the presen,
shah Of Persia, but probably the best ac
count Of him is given in the Journal 5es
Debats.
"At the entrance to the palace" writes
the Debats' correspondent, II was re.
ceived by three personages who spoke
French with ease. They were the
nephew of the valyahd and two of his
aids-de-camp, and was not little sur
prised to hear q military band composed
of young fellows, playing in perfectly
acceptable fashion quadrille from the
'Cloches de Corneville,' and also some
French waltzes and oriental pieces,
which the ear must be accustomed to
in order to take in thoroughly all the
melancholy tones.
"The next day was presented to the
yalyahd in the same building. He was
50 simply clad that would have had
difficulty in picking him out OF crowd
of courtiers that accompanied him, il
1 had not remarked that each one of
them kept himself respectfully turned
toward him, and if his handsome face
and naughty air had not revealed him
rs the master. The new shah Of Persia
is dignified man. He is well made.
and his features are regular. His mouth
is amiable, and It is surmouuted by a
9ery large mustache. The entire coun-
tcnauce seems calm, and II would ap-
pear even severe, If in his great, dark
yes, full of expression and gentlenexs
md shaded by thick eyebrows that
never frown, one could not discern kind
ness. -~-~
"Mouzaffer ed-Din il a good Mussul-
man, but he has broad and liberal ideas
For 30 years he was left almost alone,
shut up. SO to say, in Tabriz, the resi-
lence OF the heirs to the throne, which
he could not leave except with the con-
sent of his father. It is q capital in
which it is difficult to learn much of
the outside world. Nevertheless, the
prince did his utmost to get some
knowledge of the colossal mechanism of
life in Europe, where he would have
loved to travel If his father had not al
ways refused him permission. His in
1uiring mind constantly went beyond
the frontier to which he was limited.
He loves a nomadic life, and he used to
pass the summer season under a tent in
some fresh valley and near the banks
of river. He is a magnificent horse
man, and when the heat of the day was
over he mounted a superb Arab steed
and, followed by about 20 horsemen.
yalloped over the sandy plain to reach |
some distant garden; and, when the sun
.ame near the horizon during that calm
ind imposing hour in the east, when ma
lure begins to sleep, assuming the most |
beautiful colors, he dismounted at the
,op of some hill. Immediately the
,orsemen follow his example. A serv-
INT stretched upon the ground fine
'arpet, and the prince, with his face
urned toward Mecca, said his evening
>rayer in the surrounding solitude. He
S great hunter, and it was in the
hase that he learned tn be great
lorseman and q most expert shot. He
owed to hunt the wild sheep in the
ocky mountains and the deep gorges
I the Baba-Baghi, and also the bear of
he SUBMITS of the Sehemd. He trav-
led from morning to evening on horse
ack, passing with intrepidity from ono
to another, riding over steep
ills and down dangerous slopes, never
excepting to take aim at the
ocks of wild sheep which passed along
Ike clouds. He uses with extraordinary
1ill the military rifles of Russia, Aus
ria and Germany, but he has never
cen able to obtain the French rife,
'hich he would have preferred above
Il. His hunting expeditions, always /,
lid and dangerous, were often COM /,
osed OF zoo or 800 persons, and they {
ften continued for several days. At .
ONE he chats familiarly with the per- I
ms of his suite, and walks about in mis- !
srdens, in which he is greatly inter {
ted and which, about a year ago, he
lrned over to the care Of French /,
lrdener. Il
Russia, which has learned TO know '
i'm, is altogether favorable to him. 4
ed-Din, loved by his sub I
cts of Azerbaldjan, when he was =
lyahd, is bound to be loved by all the
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