Persia’s Capital Threatened by Revolutionary Armies
The Shah of Persia is now in trouble. Three armies, two revolutionary and one Russian, are now marching against the capital, and he has no troops on whom he can rely, and no money with which to supply them. It would seem that the people no longer trust their ruler, and two revolutionary forces have risen against him. The only protection of the capital against the armed bands investing it or the disorderly element within it, is a small force of Russian and Persian Cossacks, under a Russian officer, and it is uncertain which side these would take in an emergency. On this account a considerable force of Russian troops has been despatched from Baku to occupy the capital. They landed at Enzeli, the seaport of Resht, 180 miles northwest of Teheran.