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Show Old Persian City. Peisla's ancient city of Tabriz, one of the scenes of lecent vlolenco in the. shah's dominions, chii hardly be said to have ever enjoyed u quiet llfo. When Turk and Turcoman and Persian Per-sian were not shaking tho old walls with battering iams tho earthquake was having Its Inning. The public buildings bear traces of this sort of violence notably tho Knlmd MasJId blue mosque constructed of wonderfully won-derfully arabasqued blue tiles; while the citadel gapes with Its oirthquake-riven oirthquake-riven sides. Although the Anglo-Indian telegraph inns through the city, It Is not as In the ancient days when it was known as the, "glorious Taurls." Tho new Husslan inllwny han deprived It of much of its Importance and the leather merchants and silversmiths eko out u precarious livelihood by engaging en-gaging in a little smuggling. |