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The Regulations for the Elections to the National Consultative Assembly [to be convened] in accordance with the August Rescript of His Imperial Majesty [Muẓaffaru’d-Din Sháh], may God immortalize his reign, issued on the 14th of Jumáda ii, 1324 (=August 5,  1906) are as follows.

1. The electors of the nation in the well-protected realms of Persia in the Provinces and Departments shall be of the following classes: (i) Princes and the Qájár tribe: (ii) Doctors of Divinity and Students: (iii) Nobles and Notables: (iv) Merchants: (v) Landed proprietors and peasants: (vi) Trade-guilds.

Note 1. The tribes in each province are reckoned as forming part of the inhabitants of that province, and have the right to elect, subject to the established conditions.

Note 2. By “landed proprietor” is meant the owner of an estate, and by “peasant” the tiller of the soil.

2. The electors shall possess the following qualifications: (i) their age must not fall short of 25 years: (ii) they must be Persian subjects: (iii) they must be known in the locality: (iv) the landed proprietors and peasants amongst them must possess property of the value of at least one thousand túmáns (=about £200): (v) the merchants amongst them must have a definite office and business: (vi) the members Rh