Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1885 — NASSER-ED-DEEN. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

NASSER-ED-DEEN.

The Career and a Picture of the Ruler of ■ - ■ .. Far-Away Persia. Nassar-cd-Deen, tlie Shah bETersia, is a son of the late Mehemet Shah and Queen Velliet of the Kadgar tribe, and a grandson of Abbas Mirga. "■ He was born in 1829 and succeeded to the throne in 1848. The Shah is well versed in Persian and Turkish, I and is somewhat of a historian. Unlike | many of the smaller potentates, he fully understands the position he occupies in regard to the greater powers'. In manner he is mild and gentle, and his habits in private life are extremely simple. With all his mildness, however, lie is endowed by nature with considerable energy, which he makes felt at times. When the war between Rus- ’ sia and Turkey was begun he declared his neutrality, but before the closeof that never-to-be-forgotten conflict, entered into a compact with Russia. In.the year following the close of the war Herat was occupied by Persian troops, and in consequence war

Was ueciarea on Nov. 1, 1855, by the governor of India against the Sliah, After a few months’ hostilities a treaty of peace was signed at Paris by Lord Cowley and the Persian ambassador, in which ample satisfaction was given to England." Subsequently the Shah had wars with several neighboring tribes and was successful in an expedition against the Turcomans. In 1873 he visited Europe and was received with great eclat. Although he was absent from his kingdom from May until September, iiot the slightest discord occurred there, which fact attests the popularity of his feign. He visited Moscow, St. Petersburg, Berlin, Cologne, Brussels, London, Paris, Milan, Vienna, Constantinople, and many ether places of less note. During his tour he kept a diary which was published in the original Persian and subsequently translated into the English and produced in London in 1874. In 1878 the Shah again visited Russia. In the event of war between England and Russia, he may find it difficult to rennin neutral. A distinguished physician says that he js dispos d to exclude vegetables, with the exception of cereals and a little fruit, entirely from the dietary of nervous persons. Red Shirt, Torn Belly, and Calico were the three ’sub-chiefs who upheld Red JCloud’s dignity on his reserve while he was on his recent visit to Washington. ~ William T. Walters, of Baltimore, "owns worth of paintings and statues. William Schrower, of New Haven, has toiled thirty years at perpetual motion.