Ridpath's history of the world; being an account of the ethnic origin, primitive estate, early migrations, social conditions and present promise of the principal families of men .. . here Departments of IS a ministryadministration; Q£ w and organization of the army. others of in- terior and finance, foreignaffairs, justice, worship,and telegraphs. Theministers are nobles ofhigh rank, and are set Iaround the throne in away to add to its reputa-tion and glory. Persia, however, has inher governmental system hardly enteredinto the family of civilized nations. Theskill of the shah and his advisers
Ridpath's history of the world; being an account of the ethnic origin, primitive estate, early migrations, social conditions and present promise of the principal families of men .. . here Departments of IS a ministryadministration; Q£ w and organization of the army. others of in- terior and finance, foreignaffairs, justice, worship,and telegraphs. Theministers are nobles ofhigh rank, and are set Iaround the throne in away to add to its reputa-tion and glory. Persia, however, has inher governmental system hardly enteredinto the family of civilized nations. Theskill of the shah and his advisers in state-craft is very limited; and ignorance andpass! jn hold sway in high places. Under the imperial administration thearmy is organized and is fairly efficient. Mmm§ WW m L> M>7 W St: K. Wk¥< » NASR ED DIN SHAH—ROYAL TYPE AND by H. Thiriat, from a photograph. hundred thousand men, of whom abouta half are infantry, one third cavalry,and the remainder artillery, etc. Thesystem of revenue is tolerably well or-ganized, and the credit of the govern-ment is sufficient to enable the shah andhis ministers to make loans in the moneymarkets of the TYPES AND COSTUMES OF THE ZAGROS HIGHLANDS.—Mutchfid of Tauris and his Officers.—Drawn ny Tnfani THE IRA NL I XS.—SOCIE TV. 63] The manners and customs of the Per-sians have been derived in part from theDerivation of ancient race character, and manners and customs; vary- in part from the institutions ing character- , • ,-, r t i istics. ana influences of Islam. From the latter source has been deducedthe easy-going habit of the Persian inhis intercourse and manner of life. Inthis respect he departs greatly from thehabits of his kinsmen in to common report the Per-sians are affable and polite, at leastsuch as are refined by the influ-ences of cities and the scholastic pur-suits. The different races inhabit-ing Persia present types quite di-verse as it respects manners andusages. Thos
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