Persia.
EMBASSY TO THE SHAH FROM BRITAIN. The investiture by the Shah of Persia with the Order of the Garter recently conferred by King Edward was a brilliant function. The ceremony was performed by Viscount Downe, head of the special mission sent to Persia for the purpose, I “ The Times,” “in protesting against a policy of drift, says that something beyond complimentary embassies to Teheran are needed to
enable Britain to hold her own in regions wherein -Lord Cranborne declared in 1902 amidst the warm approval of both sides of the Housa of Commons, “We cannot abandons our rights and ascendency.”
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Manawatu Herald, 5 February 1903, Page 2
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101Persia. Manawatu Herald, 5 February 1903, Page 2
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