3-082-975 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Shahzada watching a Highland dance at the Fairfield ship-building yard, Glasgow, 1895. 'When our royal guest, Nasrullah Khan [crown prince of Afghanistan], visited Glasgow lately, there were provided for his gratification some Highland dances outside the Fairfield ship-building yard. The spectacle, which specially delighted the little boy who accompanies the Shahzada everywhere, was, we may be sure, more in accordance with Eastern sentiments than the balls at which his Highness has been present. He is reported to have made the same comment on them as was attributed to the Shah of Persia: "How is it that you do not make your slaves dance for you instead of wearying yourselves?" Our Illustration shows the interested group witnessing the dance, which, however, the photographer, for obvious reasons, failed to include in the picture'. From "Illustrated London News", 1895.