THE PERSIAN THRONE.
AN UNWILLING OCCUPANT. . Received July 21, 8.30 a.m. TEHERAN, July 20. The ex-Shah (Mohammed Ali Mirza) and his wifo at first refused to allow Sultan Ahmed Mirza to becomo king, and asked that thoir second son bo chosen. Ahmed wept bitterly at tho prospect, but finally the three were persuaded and the boy pluckily bade farewell to his parent. The deposed Shah has four sons, liamoly, (1) Itezad as Salteuah, (2) Sultan Ahmed Mirza, Valiahd (heir apparent), (3) Mohammed Mehdi Mirza, (4) Mohammed Hassan Mirza. There are also some daughters. According to tho Constitution, the Shah must belong to the Shiah faith, and his successor must 1)6 his eldest son, or next malo heir in succession, whose mother was a Kajar princess. The mother of the deposed monarch ivas not a Kajar princess, and his eldest son is not heir apparent, because his mother was not a Kajar princess.
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Mataura Ensign, 21 July 1909, Page 3
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