Excerpt from Proceedings of the Central Asian Society: The Reform Movement in PersiaThe chairman, lieutenant-general sir edwin collen, in commencing the proceedings said: The subject of the paper which is about to be read is the reform movement in Persia. It is a very important one to us, because we are deeply concerned in the future prosperity of the country, and I do not think we could listen to anyone who is more competent to inform us on the subject than General Sir Thomas Gordon. Not only is he admirably qualified by his residence in the country, by his official connection with it, and by study and knowledge, but he has been personally acquainted with many of the actors in the great drama which has recently been enacted on the Persian stage.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.