RECEIVED BY THE SHAH.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XX, Issue 6823, 29 September 1883, Page 2 (Supplement)

RECEIVED BY THE SHAH.

The IJew York papers publish a long account of thoTf ception by the Shah of Persia of Mr. Benjamin, the United States minister in that country :—On the 10th of June Mr. B njumiii received a call from the Grand Ckvnberlain, who is the sou-in-law of the Shah, and who informed Mr. Benjamin that His Majesty wished to receive hiih at one o'clock p.m. on .the 11th. Mr. Benjamin Mas takca to the Palace in a landau furnished by His Majesty and drawn by six horses, each mounted by a liveried postilion. Twenty royal feraashes or foot runners, clad in scarlet and wearing plumed tiaras, preceded the carriage, together. with a seoie of horsemen. Accompanied bythe Mehmandar and the Second Master of J Cpremonies, Mr. Bpnjanvn arrived at the gardens of the Palace, which are beautified with fountains and shrubbery and foliage, arranged artfully wild, after a style peculiarly, Persian. All were u>h- red into a sracions and handsome hall, where the First Master of ! Ceremonies and other 5 utlcmen and digni-.l tarics gorgeously arrayeil, were iu waiting. Here Mr. Benjamin m> invited to a seat of honour and treated to "tea and the kalinoa or water pipe." Soon after the annonncemeiil was made to Mr. Benjamin that His Majesty was in readiness to receive him, and theieiif.on hr was conducted by the First Master of Cereironies to the Palace itself. "At this moment, , ' say 3 Mr. Benjamin, "a salute, fir.'J in honour of (he United States/' thundered over tho city. A'id, , ' ho continues, '• on entering, we ascended a magnificent staircase. The walls v. ere deeorat d in par: with pimtiugb of European masters. From the staircase we entered aD audience hall of vast proportions and most impressive effect. His Majos'y stood at tbe upper end. Leaving my oute r shes at the dosr, as prescribed by the treaty of Kourmantchia, I made a low bow and walked up to where the King was standing." Mr. Binjamin then addressed the King in French and presented his letter of credence. His Majesty replied that it gave him great satisfaction to see an American legation at Teheran, and considered that both governments could be further benefited by increasing the intercourse and diplomatic relations of the two peoples. .After this ceremony His Majesty expressed strong hope 3 that the United States, now that it had established a legation in. Persia, should maintain one permanently at Teheran.