Baby Shah

Young Ahmad Mirza, 26-year-old Shah of Persia, loved pleasure and gambled too much on the Riviera (TIME, March 10). His 36 ministers last week deposed him. His young brother, the Crown Prince, aged 25, fled the capital. His baby son, aged 2, was named Shah. Thereupon much monstrous agitation for the creation of a republic collapsed. The 36 ministers will enjoy the pleasures of regency for 19 years.