Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map . Mart Mapi T vir (Where one of the iMaj;! is siiid tu l>e hiiried). A Typk vl (tKoup (jf Mullahs axd Seids NEW YEARS CALLS 101 learned that lie nearly lost his life in holding a conference withthe representatives of a rebel Sheikh from over the parley had been agreed upon, but in the midst of it somethreat of violence was made by the rebels; before the bandcould carry out their purpose Majidi Sultana shot the leaderon the spot and had the rest seized and blown from the can-no
Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map . Mart Mapi T vir (Where one of the iMaj;! is siiid tu l>e hiiried). A Typk vl (tKoup (jf Mullahs axd Seids NEW YEARS CALLS 101 learned that lie nearly lost his life in holding a conference withthe representatives of a rebel Sheikh from over the parley had been agreed upon, but in the midst of it somethreat of violence was made by the rebels; before the bandcould carry out their purpose Majidi Sultana shot the leaderon the spot and had the rest seized and blown from the can-nons mouth in the public square of Urumiah. In extending hospitality to us, Majidi Sultana was thepolished gentleman above the soldier, and his home bore evi-dences of culture and scholarly tastes. Besides finely boundPersian and Arabic works his library contained a few standardFrench books, and he seemed to take a real interest in his breadth of view and freedom from fanaticism Ihad no hesitation in making inquiries about the Zoroastrianreligion, and I soon found, from the questions which he himselfput to me regarding the association of Zoroasters name with
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