The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-25
The aaliehta Daily Eagle Thrrsdau zorng guue 1896.
PERsIA's NEW SHAH.
He Possesses an Enormous Fortun:
and Varied Accomplishments.
Something OF the Life and History o.
the Son and Heir OF the
Rssently Assassinated
Nassr-ed- Din

Mouzaffer ed-Din, the present shah OF !
Persia, is in easy circumstances. The |
royal treasure. which is kept in the
vaults OF the palace of Teheran, was in
creased enormously during the reign OF |
his father, Nassr ed-Dln- Sentinels |
stand day and night in front of a sealed
door which leads 70 crypt where mil |
lions in gold and silver are hid, as well
AS nuggets of the precious metals The
shah. in order to be close 10 his treasure
has his private apartments immediate
" above the vaults. Besides these
riches. which are estimated at over
$500. OO0, 900, the shah also has treasure
shut up in one of the apartments OF ms
palace. This is composed Of pearls
rubies. emeralds and other preclou'
stones, among which there is Inagnifi'
cent diamond. which, on account OF its
rare beauty, is called "the Sea of Light
Just now the French papers are Civ
ing a good deal of space 10 the present
shah of Persia. but probably the best ac-
count of him is given in the Journal des
Debats.
"At the entrance 10 the palace" writes
the Debats' correspondent, Il 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 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 &c
in order to take in thoroughly all the
melancholy tones.
THE next day was presented to the
valyahd in the same building. He wai
so simply clad that l would have hao
difficulty in picking him out of crowd
of courtiers that accompanied him, II
/ 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
as the master. The new shah of Persia
is a dignified man. He is well made,
and his features are regular. His mouth
is amiable, and it is surmounted by
very large mustache. The entire eoun'
tenance seems calm. and it would ap-
pear even severe, il in his great, dark
eyes, full of expression and gentleness,
and shaded by thick eyebrows that
never frown, one could not discern kind
ness.
"Mouzaffer ed-Din is q good Mussul-
man, but he has broad and liberal ideas.
For 80 years he was left almost alone,
shut up, so to say, in Tabriz. the resi-
denee of the heirs to the throne, which
he could not leave except with the con-
sent of his father. 1t is a 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
quiring 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,
galloped over the sandy plain 20 reach
some distant garden; and. when the sun
came near the horizon during that calm
and imposing hour in the east, when M
ture begins TO sleep. assuming the most
beautiful colors, he dismouDted at the
top of some hill. Immediately the
horsemen follow his example. A serv-
ant stretched upon the ground fine
carpet, and the prince, with his face
turned toward Mecca, said his evening
PRAYER in the surrounding solitude. He
IS a great hunter, and il was in the
chase that he learned 10 be a great
horseman and a most expert shot He
loved 10 hunt the wild sheep in the
rocky mountains and the deep gOrges
of the Baba -Baghi, and also the bear OF
the SUBMITS Of the Sehemd. He trsv-
eled from morning 20 evening on horse
back, passing with intrepidity from one
mountain 10 another. riding over steep
hills and down dangerous slopes, never
stopping excepting TO take aim at the
focks Of wild sheep which passed along
like clouds He uses with extraordinary
skill the military rifles of Russia, Aus
tria and Germany. but he has never
been able to obtain the French rife.
which he would have preferred above
all His hunting expeditions, always
wild and dangerous, were often com
posed of 200 or 200 persons, and taey
often continued for several days. At
home be chats familiHrly with TIE per-
sons OF his suite. and walks aboutin ME
gardens. in which be - greatly inter
ested and which. about a year ago, be
turned over 10 the care Of a French
gardener.
Russia. which has learned 70 know
him. is altogether favorable % him.
MouzafTer ed-Din. loved by his sub
jects Of Azerbaldjan when be vas
valysbd. is bound 20 - loved by al the
Persiznz."-N. I. Sun.