Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-02
SHAH OF PERSIA IS SLAIN
Shot Down by Fanatic as HSc :: rs a
Shrine for Devotions.
ASSASSIN FIRES STRAIGHT TO THEs. : RT
After RcigninE for Nearly n. y
Years Nnsir-Ed-Din SuccumL
to the bullet OF
Murderer.
ASSASSIN FIRES STRAIGHT TO THEE

TEHERAN, Persia, May 1.-While the
shah was entering the inner court of the
shrine of Shah Abdul Aim, six miles south
almost instantly killed by an assassin The
assassin fired point blank at the monarch,
who was but twenty feet away. The bullet
passed through his heart.
Immediately after the shah was shot he
was carried to his carriage and conveyed to
the palace in this city. There he was at
tended by DR.. ThOlegan, his chief physician,
and other physicians were hastily sent for.
But, in spite of their efforts, his majesty
expired soon after his arrival at the palace,
or about 4 o'clock this afternoon.
The assassin, who was promptly arrested.
is said to be a sayyid from Kirman, or from
the province of that name. 1t is believed
that the murderer has accompIces.
The heir apparent Muzafer-ed-Din, was i'm
med ately advised of the assassination of his
father and VIII leave Tabriz, where he was
sojourning, for Teheran as soon az possible.
At o'clock this afternoon an official bull
letin announcing the death of the shah was
posted at the palace. The city is quiet and
the best of order prevails. No disorder is
apprehended.
Nasr- Din, shah of Pereia, was born
April "a, 1929. and succeeded to the throne
on September 10. 1S4S, on the death of his
father. He was crowned at Teheran, Octo-
ber 90 1S4S and his heir apparent Is his
eldest son, Muzaf-er-ed-Din, who was born
March %, 1853 and who has four sons and
fifteen daughters.
WASHINGTON, May 1.-The following
cablegram was received by Secretary Olney
at 2:40 o'clock this afternoon from United
State Minister Mcdonald at Teheran: Shah
vi Sit cd for
devotion. Upon entering the inner sanctuary
he was shot by an assassin disguised as a
woman, the bullet entering the region of the
heart Expired within two minutes. Regitra-
eide was revolutionary fanatic. Great dis
tress, but city is quiet"
DEED OF A FANATIC.
LONDON, May lit is known the shah
was arranging for a great celebration Of his
accession on May g. At the Persian legation
in this city the opinion is expressed that the
murder was the deed of a fanatic and was not
the outcome of any especially designed move
ment But according to a dispatch which has
been received here from Teheran, via St.
Petersburg, the assassin was a man of the
Babi secret society, criminal association
which has hitherto made attempts upon the
shah's life with shot from a revolver.
Dispatches from Teheran to the Times re-
garding the situation in Persia incident upon
the assassination say: Much discomfort has
existed for some time, through the dearness
of provisions, partly caused by the executive
issue of copper coins. Considerable alarm
prevails here and Prince Naib-es- Bues Sui
tanch (third son Of the late shah has re-
tired to his palace at the request of the gov
ernment. The assassns name is Mollah
Reza and he is supposed to be from Babec.
An article in the Times on the late shah
calls to mind that at the beginning of his
reign, he put to death by thousands the
members of the Babi sect, whose crusade
against the corruption of the public and
private manors in Persia was so popular as
to become a menace to the government.
1.-THE chief apprehension that now arises"
says the Times, "is lest the new shahs eld-
est brother Zil-es-Sultan, should attempt to
dispute the accession the late shah is sue
ceeded by his second son, and not the eldest
SOM. Zil-es-Sultan is governor of Ispahan,
and was for a long time the virtual ruler
Of southern Persia till the late shah, in
1890, greatly reduced his power and disbanded
his regiments"
Mr.. George n. Curzon under secretary of
state for foreign affairs, who is an acknowl-
edged authority on Persia, considers Mozaf-
fer-ed-D Dine Mira Valihad the new shah,
man of great intelligence, but he has been
secluded all his life so as to have no knowl-
edge of the duties incumbent upon him as
ruler Of Persia.