The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-09
Nasr Ed-Dfn, Shah Of Persia.

Europe and the educational advan-
tages derived from his travels resulted
in the institution of a more liberal adj
ministration of government on his re-
turn to Persia.
The new shah is Mouzafer Ed-Din,
who was born March %, 1853. His Of
fetal title is Mira Valeahd, or heir
p~resumptive. He has five sons, of
whom the eldest is Mohammed Ali
Mira, and five daughters.
The assassination of Nasr Ed-Dine
by a fanatic becomes Il greater source
of regret from the fact that his ex-
tended travels had taught him Il de-
gree of religious tolerance surpass-
ing most eastern p~otentates.
The records of the state department
contain many communications attest
ing the shah's leanings toward liber-
ality and justice.
Persia is not represented in the
United States in a diplomatic or consul
lar capacity, and probably will not be
until an incident hat caused some en-
barrassment in the relations of the
two countries is forgotten. Eight
gCdIS dSO SIC SlldD, VIII was hllItu
yesterday, decided to send a di p
lomatic representative to Washington,
and the government was notified of
the intention. The new minister was
HadJi Hassan Ghouli Khan Matamed
Ell Vessare. One day the state de-
partment received a number of trunks
and other baggage bearing the name
of Hadji Hassan, addressed to its
are.
Time passed and nothing was heard
of the expected diplomat. Finally the
department sent a Geographic inquiry
to its minister at Teheran requesting
information as to the Persian minis
ter's whereabouts, and the surprising
answer was returned that Hadji Has
san had left Persia months before and
was supposed TO be in the United
States. The state department officials
were worried, and sent numerous dis
patches to representatives of the
United States at posts along the route
presumably taken by the minister in
his journey to America, but no salts
factory information was received in
reply.
In the course of time Hadii Hassan
reached Washington, and it wa then
learned that he had succumbed to the
destinations of Paris and spent a long
period there incognito.
The newspapers published this story
very generally, and the photographers
made humorous comments on Hadji
Hassan's long name and his mystic
rious disappearance from public view.
These things offended the minister
He was also chagrined over the atten-
ton attracted by his peculiar dress
and appearance. He wrote the secre-
tary OF state, complaining of these
matters, and withdrew with his suite.
returning to Persia.
The reverence associated with the
person of the shah is well illustrated
in the text of the treaty of friendship
and which Hon. Carroll
Spence, United States minister. made
with Persia in 1856. In the preamble
the dead shah is described with true
oriental hyperbole in this languages:
The president of the United States
OF North America and his majesty, as
exalted as the planet Saturn, the SOW
to whom the sun serves as a
standard; whose spiendor and mag
nificence are equal to that OF the skies;
the sublime sovereign, the monarch
whose armies are as numerous as the
whose greatness calls to mind
that Of jeinshid; whose m~agnifcence
equals that of Darius; the heir of the
crown and throne of the Kayanians;
sublime emperor of all Persia"