Futteh Aly Shah, the nephew and appointed successor of Aga Mahomed, after a short struggle, was proclaimed king, and has hitherto been enabled to maintain the inter nal peace of his dominions. With respect to his frontier provinces, however, he has not been so successful. Geor gia has become a province of Russia, and many of the chiefs of Khorassan yield him only a nominal obedience. Owing to the comparative mildness and justice of his rule, the inhabitants of Persia have enjoyed a state of happiness and prosperity to which they had long been strangers ; and he may be regarded as holding a high rank among the sovereigns of his country. When Mr. AIorier visited Persia in 1809, this prince was about forty-five years of age. " He is a man of pleasing manners, and an agreea ble countenance, with an aquiline nose, large eyes, and very arched eye-brows. His face is obscured by an im mense beard and mustachios, which are kept very black, and it is only when he talks and smiles that his mouth is discovered. His voice has once been fine, and is still har
monious, though now hollow, and obviously that of a man who has led a free life." He had then sixty-five sons, and it was supposed an equal number of daughters. " They are said to be affable and humane, and harmoni ous among themselves. Renouncing the intemperate habits of some of their predecessors, sharing in their journeys all the toils and privations of the lowest subjects with an unaffected ease, they' cultivate habits which are more manly, and better adapted to persons whose duties embrace the happiness and protection of the whole society, while their taste for information is directed to all those topics which tend to the general improvement. It is pos sible, that by their intercourse with the different polished countries of Europe, particularly through the medium of well informed men who visit them, and communicate the information and the spirit whicii predominate in enlighten ed communities, they may lay the foundation for a new