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 . aptured cannon and a considerable number of main body of the Turcomans who escaped retreated up theMeshed Road at full gallop. They evidently expected to bepursued by the Bakhtiyari cavalry, and although not a singlehorseman went in pursuit of them they pushed on until a largenumber of their horses dropped with fatigue. There are anumber of small telegraph stations along this road belonging tothe Meshed branch
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 . aptured cannon and a considerable number of main body of the Turcomans who escaped retreated up theMeshed Road at full gallop. They evidently expected to bepursued by the Bakhtiyari cavalry, and although not a singlehorseman went in pursuit of them they pushed on until a largenumber of their horses dropped with fatigue. There are anumber of small telegraph stations along this road belonging tothe Meshed branch of the Indo-European Telegraph British telegraph official at Teheran in charge of thisbranch, learning immediately of the defeat of the Turcomans,had instructions wired to his operators all along the road toinform the Turcomans as they passed that the Bakhtiyaris were just behind them. As a result of this trick the rebels werekept in full flight and prevented from pillaging the countrypeople and small villages along the road, as they had been doingand would doubtless have done upon this occasion. At this time the city of Tabriz was reported to be seriously.
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