New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-02
Pledge to Constitution
Brief, but Ceremonials
Lasted All Day.
ANCIENT CROWN TOO
HEAVY FOR A BOY
So He Laid Ii Aside for q
Jewelled Hat Made of
Astrakhan.
From The Trisan. correspondent.I

20 dispatches received here. The cere-
nony Of taking the oath consumed but
a bare FIVE minutes, but the whole
pfocess of going through the formsli-
ties incident TO becoming a Shah occu-
pied almost an entire day.
The youthful Shah left his palace in
the Ark, or old citadel, at $3.50 o'clock
in he morning 20 20 in state process
sion to the old Bsharistan Palace, in
the Parliament House, 10 take the oath
TO support the constitution. and IL was
pot Until nearly Z o'clock that he held
his last audience Of the day in the
Peacock Hall, where the foreign ENJOYS
and the regent came TO take Official
leave o. his majesty.
In n, state procession 70 take the
coronation oath the Shah rode in a
glass coach drawn By eight horses
and guarded by the commsndants o.
the gen6rmerie and two Bakhtiari
chiefs, two field marshals and the gov
ernor of tie city. An escort Of police,
Bakhtiaris, gendarmes and Cossacks
led the procession, and the royal coach
was follova by others containing the
Naliahd, or ieir apparent; four princes
of the royal house, the Premier and the
ministers ofstate. The regent preced-
ed the procession 10 the Parliament
House by quarter of an hour. The
houses along he route were gayly dee
Grated, but the streets were carefully
guarded by soliiers and police.
A Constitutional Quorum.
Parliament house Square was sur
rounded by an immense throng as the
various state ofcials and the foreign
ENJOYS and theirsuites drove up TO the
gate of the palee, while in the new
garden Persian officials, courtiers and
Deputies 70 the Parliament in their
state robes strolle, about beneath the
trees awaiting the arrival Of the royal
procession. A salue of cannon, fol-
lowed Immediately by the arrival OF
take their places il the hall Of the
formed, so the quorum, which the cor
stitution requires as Necessary for the
taking of the oath b. the Shah, was
formed by the membes of the old Par
lament, while about thirty of the new
Deputies attended unoscially.
Ala-es-Sultaneh, the Premier, en-
tered the hall of the Mejliss as the
glass coach of the Shth drew up at
the door Of the building A few min
utes later, within the hll, curtain
was drawn aside and he Shah APP
peared from behind the ais. The Re-
gent, the heir-apparent aid the royal
princes took up their PAGES 10 the
right and left Of the Shat. When all
were in their appointed positions the
Shah stepped TO the tsbe in front
of the platform, from whih the Dep
4 al L I'd IL q
hand on the Koran lying ooen on the
table. took the oath in low voice,
audible only 70 those Deputies stand
ing close to him. He then llosed the
book, bowed slightly and lefi the hall.
Barely five minutes had elapsed since
his coach stopped in front o Parlis-
ment House.
After taking the oath TO support the
constitution the Shah went TO the
Sipar-Salar Mosque, whose blu domes
and minarets could be seen Tom the
windows of the Pertinent hal. The
principal ecclesiastical dignitries or
Persia were assembled there, and the
Shah returned thanks and ofere' pray
ers to Allah for the prosperity Of the
country in his reign. After the briet
religious service the Shah returned TO
his palace by the Avenue OF Anbss-
sailors.
The ceremony of the coronation was
held in the afternoon in the palace ard
was almost as short SIS that OF taxing
the oath in the morning. During the
interval the Russian envoy had an su-
dience with the Regent, whose deprt.
urs Is fixed for August 5, and presei:ed
/ TO him a portrait Of the Car set fitn
diamonds. The ENJOYS. ministers ana
officers OF the court assembled =
o'clock in the large hall adjoining The
/ throne room in the palace. An mur
/ later all went 10 the throne roms
where the dignitaries OF the Chuch
grouned themselves around the Peserk
Throne. The four royal princes enterd
soon after. bearing the regsiia OF TIC
bov's high Office. Prince ltizad-es.Su-
taneh carried TIE sword, Prince Mus
rat.es-Sultaneh bore the shield, Prime
Yan,in-ed- D6wleh the mace and Prine
-Sultaneh the royal bow am
arrows. The crown and the Nadir a
orette were on a gold tray in trort
~ the throne. On one side OF ths
entrance TO the hall stood group O.
prominent merchants and chiefs ol
Guilds. who always have a promlnsrt
ndace because OF the part they took N
The history Of the constitution. lns
renresentatiyes Of the MINISTRIES won
ranged down the length Of the halb
/ xhiSh ia about 120 feet long, while the
foreign envoys stood in recess 70 tns
right of the throne. The Shah entered
the hall preceded By the Premier ana
cbarberlains of the court, and foiioSee
- 49, rocent the heir-apparent ana
( IL ministers Of state. The shan wore
his customary astrachsn hat, ornament
ed with a small aigrette.
Wore the "Ses of Light
When Re mounted the throne he re,
moved this hat and placed on MS neso
the crown which was handed TO MIN
h. the regent. In accordance with Gus
ton,. he supported the crown hrst witn
one hand and then with he othef'
yh;Ie the convocation Of the CHURCH
acclaimed him King, intoning tne
Arabic formula. The crown IS tne
| same as that used at the time OF Nsdlr
shah. who conquered Persia two CEN
| tnries ago. and is exceedingly heavy
so that after three or four minutes the
new Sultan removed the crown anc
niaced on his head another sstraensn
/ Rat. this one being ornamented oy tns
great Nadir aigrette. set with the bugs
diamond known as the Darya-i,Nur, o.
Sea of Light, which was brought IRON
Delhi and is companion to the KOHL
Nur, or Mountain Of Light. -.
Like the taking Of the oatn, tni'
ceremony lasted hardly more than nv
minutes, and after it the Shah retire.
10 the Ivory Room for rest before tn'