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Although incidental mention is made of a few matters (such as the trial and execution of the Muwaqqaru’s Salṭana) which belong to the earlier part of this current year (1910), the systematic narrative ceases with the restoration of the Constitution and the occurrences immediately connected therewith. No attempt has been made to deal with the most recent events, of which the assassination of Sayyid ‘Abdu’lláh-i-Bahbahání (July 15); the withdrawal of Taqí-záda from the capital to Tabríz (about August 1); the bombardment and forcible disarmament of the fidá’ís (August 7, 1910); the wounding of Sattár Khán and the pensioning of him and Báqir Khán; the intrigues of the Sipahdár-i-A‘ẓam; the recent attempt of the Russians to extort concessions as the price of the withdrawal of their troops (an attempt at blackmailing against which even the Times has protested); and the death of the late Regent, ‘Aẓudu’l-Mulk, on Sept. 22, are the most important. The accession of Sulṭán Aḥmad Sháh and the restoration of the Constitution mark the beginning of a new epoch, which in the future may fitly form the subject of a new volume.