Ex-Shah’s Fortune
BEQUESTS TO TEN WIVES. Interesting details of the private fortune of Ahmed Kadjar, ex-Shah of Persia, are revealed in .his will, which, has been filed in the New York courts by the Guaranty Trust Company, as the executor. The. deposed Shah died in Paris in 1030. His fortune, once estimated at many millions, has shrunk to half a million, parity, no doubt, owing to the decline in security values iu the past few years. Of the total estate, testator’s mother Queen Malckek Djahan, receives:— landed property in Persia, estimated to be worth £20,000; one halt of the crown jewels; the sum of £15,000; and a sixth part of the securities to the value ot £60,000. The. Shah ’s three daughters and son, now attending school in Paris, receive the residue of , the estate—each getting a share amounting to £40,000. A brother residing in Loudon, Prince Mo hammed Hassa.n Kadjar, receives a legacy of £1250 a year. The Shah had ten wives. Three receive annuities of £2OO, five receive £2OO outright, and two an unmentioned sum.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 59, Issue 220, 20 September 1934, Page 4
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177Ex-Shah’s Fortune Manawatu Times, Volume 59, Issue 220, 20 September 1934, Page 4
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