TEHERAN. 
a stick in his hand, and wore on his head a gika, a distinguishing 
ornament borne by particular people only, to whom the King grants 
the liberty. 
The first ceremony was the introduction of the presents from the 
different provinces. That from Prince Hossein Ali Mirza, Gover¬ 
nor of Shiraz , came first. The Master of the Ceremonies walked up, 
having with him the conductor of the present, and an attendant, who, 
when the name and titles^ of the donor had been proclaimed, read 
aloud from a paper the list of the articles. The present from Prince 
Hossein Ali Mirza, consisted of a very long train of large trays 
placed on men’s heads, on which were shawls, stuffs of all sorts, pearls, 
&c.; then many trays filled with sugar, and sweetmeats; after 
that many mules laden with fruit, &c. &c. &c. The next present was 
from Mahomed Ali Khan, Prince of Hamadan , the eldest born of 
the King’s sons, but who had been deprived by his father of the suc¬ 
cession, because the Georgian slave who bore him was of an extraction 
less noble than that of the mothers of the younger Princes. His 
present accorded with the character which is assigned to him; it 
consisted of pistols and spears, a string of one hundred camels, and as 
many mules. After this came the present from the Prince of Yezd, 
another of the King’s sons, which consisted of shawls and the silken 
stuffs, the manufacture of his own town. Then followed that of the 
Prince of Mesched ; and last of all, and the most valuable, was that 
from Hajee Mohamed Hossein Khan, Ameen-ed-Doulah. It 
consisted of fifty mules, each covered with a fine Cashmire shawl, and 
each carrying a load of one thousand tomauns. 
The other offerings had been lodged in the Sandeck Khona, (literally, 
Trunk Office). This was conveyed in a different direction to the 
Treasury. Each present, like the first, contained a portion of sugar 
and sweetmeats. When all the train had passed in procession, one by 
one before the King, the amusements commenced. 
First came the rope-dancer: a boy about twelve years old, ascended 
the rope, and paced it backwards and forwards. The same rope was 
