Farman of the
late Shah, Muzaffaru'd-Din Shah the Great (may God
make luminous his Proof 1), dated 14 Jumada ii, A.H. 1324(=August 5, A.D. 1906).[1]
To the Right Honourable His Excellency the Prime Minister.
Whereas
God Most High (glorious is His State !) hath entrusted to Our hands the
direction of the progress and prosperity of the well-protected realms of Persia,
and hath constituted Our Royal Personage the Guardian of the Rights of all the
people of Persia
and of all our loyal subjects-
THEREFORE
on this occasion, our Royal and Imperial Judgment has decided, for the peace
and tranquility of all the people of Persia, and for the strengthening and
consolidation of the foundations of the State, that such reforms as are this
day required in the different departments of the State and of the Empire shall
be effected; and we do enact that an Assembly of delegates elected by the
Princes, the Doctors of Divinity ('ulama), the Qajar family, the nobles and notables, the land-owners, the
merchants and the guilds shall be formed and constituted, by election of the
classes above mentioned, in the capital Tihran; which Assembly shall carry out
the requisite deliberations and investigations on all necessary subjects
connected with important affairs of the State and Empire and the public
interests; and shall render the necessary help and assistance to our Cabinet of
Ministers in such reforms as are designed to promote the happiness and
well-being of Persia; and shall, with complete confidence and security, through
the instrumentality of the first Lord of the State, submit (their proposals to
Us), so that these, having been duly ratified by Us, may be carried into
effect. It is evident that, in accordance with this August Rescript, you will
arrange and prepare a code of regulations and provisions governing this
Assembly, and likewise the ways and means necessary to its formation, so that,
by the help of God Most High this Assembly may be inaugurated and may take in
hand the necessary reforms.
We likewise enact that you should publish and
proclaim the text of this August Rescript, so that all the people of Persia,
being duly informed of our good intentions, all of which regard the progress of
the Government and People of Persia, may, with tranquil minds, engage in prayer
for Us.
Given (under Our hand) in the Sahib-Qiraniyya
Palace on the fourteenth of Jumada
the Second in the eleventh year of Our Reign (=August 5, 1906).
