The strangling of Persia; a story of the European diplomacy and oriental intrigue that resulted in the denationalization of twelve million Mohammedans, a personal narrative . si c*TO 5-W 3 P TO II gp o. n INTRODUCTION xlix people, their hopes for a representative government had beenrestored, almost over-night. Prolonged negotiations followed between the National Council,or Emergency Committee, of the restored Constitutional Govern-ment and the British and Russian Legations, as to the termsupon which Muhammad Ali, ex-Shah, should leave Persia,give up the Crown jewels, pay off the debts and mort
The strangling of Persia; a story of the European diplomacy and oriental intrigue that resulted in the denationalization of twelve million Mohammedans, a personal narrative . si c*TO 5-W 3 P TO II gp o. n INTRODUCTION xlix people, their hopes for a representative government had beenrestored, almost over-night. Prolonged negotiations followed between the National Council,or Emergency Committee, of the restored Constitutional Govern-ment and the British and Russian Legations, as to the termsupon which Muhammad Ali, ex-Shah, should leave Persia,give up the Crown jewels, pay off the debts and mortgages onhis private estates — lest these latter should fall into the handsof the Russians — and, lastly, as to his pension. On September7 an agreement was reached, and a protocol embodying thevarious stipulations was signed by the representatives of theBritish and Russian Governments and by the other ex-Shahs pension was fixed at about $80,000 per September 9 he left the Russian Legation, accompaniedby his family and retinue, and started towards the Caspian Sea,to journey to Odessa. He sailed from the Persian coast on Oc-tober 1, and was conveyed from Baku to Odessa in a
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