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...Persia's wild-riding, self-made "King of Kings," Reza Shah Pahlevi never denied that the original Anglo-Persian concession was not factually binding. One of his predecessors, paunchy Shah Muzzafar-uddin, in 1901 signed away Persian oil rights to 500,000 sq. mi. of territory for $20,000. Canceling the concession last November Reza Shah announced as his excuse that a modern Persian Government must not be held to acts committed "prior to the establishment of a constitutional regime," i. e., the Government of Reza Shah...
...series of secret conferences with the Shah. Be fore his arrival the League of Nations, through Dr. Eduard Benes, "Europe's Smartest Little Statesman," had laid the groundwork for a new agreement (TIME, Feb. 13). Last week came the announcement of a preliminary agreement between Sir John and Persia's Shah: Anglo-Persian will in future pay the Persian Government 21% royalties instead of 16% and will turn over 2½% of the profits of its subsidiaries. Persia on its part will grant the com pany a 60-year concession for the exclusive exploitation of untouched North...
...American Council of Learned Societies last week handed out $64,000 in grants and fellowships to 57 youngish U. S. scholars. Some things to be studied: Islamic architecture in Persia; the history of Chinese law; the Nootka language of Vancouver Island; Latin geomancy; Gullah; Roman pavements; Ibrahim ibn Yaqub's Commentary on Genesis; Widsith...
Because humbly-born Reza Shah did not inherit his Throne but wrested Persia's Government from weak, sensuous, do-nothing Ahmed Shah by a coup d'état in 1921, TIME will continue to call His Imperial Majesty "dynamic, self-made...
...loyal Chargé d'Affaires Azodi all praise for emphasizing that four years after the coup d'état Persia's Majlis (Parliament) formally deposed Ahmed Shah, formally elevated Reza Shah to the Peacock Throne...