Excerpt from A Brief Narrative of Recent Events in Persia, Followed by a Translation of "the Four Pillars of the Persian Constitution" Namely, 1. The Royal Proclamation of August 5, 1906; 2. The Electoral Law of September 9, 1906; 3. The Fundamental Laws of December 30, 1906; 4. The Supplementary Fundamental Laws of October 7, 1907 All these assertions I believe to be false. First Japan and now Turkey have by their actions given the lie to the third; the second is disproved alike by the Qur'an and by the history of the early Caliphs while as for the first, the facts of the case are brie y as follows. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."