Word: khans
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Full title: His Exalted Highness Asaf Jah, Muzaffar-ul-Mulk-Wal-Mumilak, Nizam-ul-Mulk, Nizam ud Daula Nawab Mir Sir Vsman Ali Khan Bahadur, Fateh Jung, Knight Grand Commander of the Star of India, Knight of the Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire, Honorable Lieutenant General in the Army, Faithful Ally of the British Government...
...attacks Azov, warring against Kalmucks, Tartars and Turks. His soldiers desert. His siege fails. He builds ships at Voronesk. He mans them with Dutchmen and Germans. He takes Azov and crucifies the Khan and two generals. He drives a spear into their sides...
Your correspondent in Persia I believe is not very much interested to let your people and the whole world to hear about situations in Persia and the great progress which our nation is making under the leadership of Reza Khan Pahlavi. I have made up my mind to write a few strokes about affairs in Persia and beg you, meanwhile not to refuse to have the gist of my statements printed in your paper...
...very effective measure about the people's demand. Therefore at the session of 9th Aban, Oct. 31, it was proposed and sanctioned by 80 votes against 5 to depose Sultan Ahmad Shah from the throne of Persia and cancel forever the dynasty of Kajars. Meanwhile Reza Khan Pahlavi, the Prime Minister and Commander in Chief of all Persia's force, will act as a regent till a senate be formed and decide the form of government, i. e., whether a Republic or as before. I shall let you hear more details of affairs in future...
Individuals of a cynical turn of mind noted that early in the week the Shah seemed indifferent toward events in Persia. It was only after Prince Samad Khan Momtaz, the Persian Minister to France, had anxiously sought him at the Hotel Majestic, that he took what is for him an unprecedentedly firm stand. His "protest" is not expected to count for much against the "bayonets" of Reza Khan. The British Government has already given "provisional recognition" to the new "provisional government" of Persia. The Russian Government, which has been freely rumored to be behind Reza Khan, recognized the new regime...