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Mirza Ali Mahamad began preaching in southern Persia at the age of 19, on May 23, 1844. He prophesied the coming of the Great Teacher. He was condemned and shot to death in 1850. Of his followers, 20,000 were killed by the Sultan...
...terms of the agreement provide for economic equality for all Powers. The absolute neutrality of the zone is guaranteed and the building of any kind of fortification is categorically forbidden. No treaty concluded by the Sultan of Morocco can apply to Tangier unless concurred in by the local government (see following paragraph). Capitulations (extra territorial rights) are abrogated; natives enjoying foreign protection will be under the jurisdiction of European mixed courts. Moroccan francs and Spanish pesatas continue to be legal tender. The Debt Control Commission is to disappear, the Moroccan Government having guaranteed the interest payable...
...actual government of the zone is to be vested in an International Legislative Assembly and a Committee of Control. The Assembly is to consist of 26 members; three British, four French, four Spanish, six Mussulmans and three Jews, representing the native population, a representative of the Sultan, called a Mendoub, and the other five signatories to the Algeciras agreement. The Mendoub will be ex-officio President of the Assembly and will be assisted by three Vice Presidents of British, French and Spanish nationality. The Committee of Control is to consist of eight consular officers of the Powers which subscribed...
...France and Spain came to an agreement on Tangier; until 1914 a permanent settlement of the Tangier question was sought without success; immediately after the War the question was revived?Great Britain could not countenance any one Power opposite Gibraltar? France favored the return of the zone to the Sultan whom she controlled?Spain wanted the zone to facilitate communication with her Moroccan Protectorate; many abortive conferences were held during the years...
...announcement that Henry Lane Wilson of Indiana is to be appointed next ambassador to Turkey recalls the rather disrespectful reply of the Sultan when he was once courteously asked if he should like to receive an ambassador from the United States. "No" he said, "I have enough of those fools hanging around me now!" Ambassadors, it seems, were entitled to his "ear"; but the American minister along with the other ministers had only the right of negotiating through the Grand Vixier. America's unique conception of democracy long forbade an exchange of ambassadors who as the highest in diplomatic rank...