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THE PERSIAN REVOLUTION

34. Hamadán (5) and Asad-ábád (1): total, 6, of whom 2 represent the district.

35. Yazd and its dependencies (centre, Yazd) has 5 polling places, viz. Yazd (4), Ná’ín (2), Shahr-i-Bábak (1), Ardakán (1) and ‘Aqdá (1): total, 9, of whom 3 finally represent the district.

36. Finally the Armenians, “Chaldaeans” (i.e. Nestorian Christians), Zoroastrians and Jews have each one Representative.

TOTAL NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES = 120.


(Translation of Imperial Rescript concluding and confirming the above.)

In His Name, Blessed and Exalted is He!

“To Sa‘du’d-Dawla, Chief Minister.

“Excellency,

“The Regulations for the Election of Deputies drawn up agreeably to Our Supreme Will by the Special Commission, and comprising sixty-three articles, are correct. Cause them at once to be printed and circulated, and let the Minister for the Interior immediately take the necessary steps to prepare for the elections at ִṬihrán and in the Provinces.

“12 Jumádá ii, A.H. 1327 [=July 1, A.D. 1909].

[Signed]“Muḥammad ‘Alí Sháh Qájár.”