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Residence of the British Legation at Teheran, 1873. 'As the Shah Nasr-ood-Deen has lately seen a good deal of us Englishmen in our own country, it is natural to ask how much he had the opportunity of making English acquaintances when he stayed at home in his capital city of Teheran. The whole number of Europeans residing at Teheran does not usually exceed exceed fifty, as we learn from Mr. W. Brittlebank's narrative of his tour last year in "Persia during the Famine" (just published by Mr. B. M. Pickering, of Piccadilly). There are, perhaps, three or four English households connected with the official diplomatic representation of her Majesty Queen Victoria at the Court of his Majesty the Shah. The British Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary receives a salary of £5000 a year; he is assisted by a staff consisting of the Secretary of Legation, the Oriental Secretary, and another secretary; the translator, who is also Vice-Consul; and the physician. Our Illustration gives a view of the building allotted for the residence of the British Legation at Teheran, Having casually referred to Mr. Brittlebank's little book, we may here add that it is worth reading, as the latest description of Persia by ah English traveller'. From "Illustrated London News", 1873.