Trouble in Teheran.
MURDER OF THE SHAH. (Per Press Association) Teheran, May 2. Molla Reza shot the Shah while entering the Aztm Mosque, and the latter died two hours later from the wounds received. Muzzafer succeeds him, bat it is expected that Mizza will contest the succession. Order prevails in the city. Reza, who belongs to the Babi society, which has made four previous attempts on the life of the Shah, has been arrested. London, May 2. Tbe Queen has sent a message of sympathy to Teheran at the Shah's death, and the loss the world suffers from his death. At the same time she congratulates Persia on haying so worthy a successor as Muzzafer.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 256, 4 May 1896, Page 2
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