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prisoners, of whom the following twenty-two are included in a photograph in my possession dated Jumdda'l-Ula 23, A.H. 1326 (= July 4, 1908): (1) Wéstrw’l-Mamdlik, brother-in-law of the Sdlérwd-Dawla; (2) Hishmat-i-Nizgém ; (3) Mashhadi Bagir of Tabriz; (4) Mirza Muhammad ‘Ali Khan, editor of the Zaragq/; (5) Muhammad Sharif, partner of No. 10; (6) Ibrahim Tabbal; (7) Faraju’ll4h the tobacconist ; (8) Shaykh Ibrahim ; (9) Mirza Husayn ; (10) Swltdnw l-‘ulamd, editor of the Raihu’l-Qudus, which was suspended for publishing a strong article against the Shah!; (11) Shaykh ‘Ali Qazi-i-Qazwini, judge of the Supreme Court, one of the few survivors out of Sayyid Jamdlu’d-Din’s chosen band of twelve disciples?; (12) Mirza Muhammad ‘Ali, son of the Maliku’l-Mutakallimin who was strangled, as already men- tioned ; (13) Mirza ‘Ali Akbar Khan, of the Supreme Court ; (14) Mirza ‘Ali Akbar, brother of No. 11; (15) Hajji Muhammad Taqi, a Deputy; (16) ‘Ali Beg, servant of the Mustashéru’d- Dawila; (17) Hajji Khan, the tailor; (18) Shaykh Ibrahim of Tdlaqdn ; (19) Aqd Buzurg Khan; (20) Yahyd Mirzé, editor of the Hugiiq; (21) Mirzad Dawid Khan, the partner of Mirza Jahangir Khan who was strangled; and (22) Naib Baqir Khan, the door-keeper of the National Assembly®*.

For several successive days the houses of persons obnoxious to the Shah, including his uncle the Prince Z7//u’s-Sultdn, and his cousin Prince /aldlu’d-Dawla (son of him last mentioned) and the Zahiru'd-Dawla (uncle by marriage to the Shah, father of the Zahirws-Sultdén, and at this time governor of Rasht), were bombarded and looted by the soldiers, and priceless manuscripts and objects of art fell into the hands of Colonel Liakhoff and his myrmidons. The Bahdaristan and adjoining Sipahsdldar Mosque were reduced to ruins, and all the precious records of the National Assembly destroyed. Colonel Liakhoff was ap- pointed military governor of Tihran, which he placed under martial law. He surrounded the British Legation with his

1 See pp. 156-161, supra. 2 See p. 10, supra.

3 In the photograph, which is reproduced as a picture post-card with Persian inscriptions, the captives are arranged in two rows of eleven each, one standing, the other kneeling, all in chains and nearly all bare-headed. The numbers (added in

the post-card) run from right to left, Nos. 1-11 being in the upper and Nos. 12-22 in the lower row.

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