A PERSIAN MONSTER.
5 The feilmving wa»s c.'iblod lust week I from London' to the .Sydney Sun: —-In a >■> <he JOngl;*), press 31 r Ivl- ' ward Granville Browne, the Adams J Professor of Arabic at Cambridge University, has made sonic startling; revelation-; of the hideous tort-lire practised by S-hujand Doivht, Governor of Tabriz, Peiv-ia. This Persian Potentate, declares I s rul'o;-;-,<>[• Browne, is simply iii monster, IJe hangs. stabs, and cuts men in two just, as if they wore so many sheep. Other victims are treated ivith even more fiendish cruelty. They have their tongues cut out and their eyes plucked out. after which horseshoes are nailed to their feett. The wretched creatures are then driven through the streets and finally beaten to death. The Governor's method of dealing with all those who are suspected of sharing liberal principles Is io sow up their mouths.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10718, 23 October 1912, Page 4
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145A PERSIAN MONSTER. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10718, 23 October 1912, Page 4
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