Recent Happenings in Persia
Recent Happenings in Persia
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These being prohibited by the Koran as a form of gambling, the tax was declared illegal by the Majlis ; but this in no way acted as a deterrent to the officials concerned, who continue to collect the tax whenever they can find any one who can be induced to pay. Being somewhat curious as to how a tax which had been expressly vetoed by the legislature could be enforced, I inquired from the responsible official what method he adopted, to be met with the frank admission that he was powerless in the... matter. The only conclusion was that the tax was only demanded from Armenians, Jews, and other infidels, who concerned themselves in such matters, and were content to purchase immunity for their operations. In any case, it scarcely appeared worth the trouble, as the gross revenue collected was somewhere in the neigh- bourhood of a hundred pounds. For the rest, it need only be said that no attempt is made to account for such items as police fines and similar minor revenues, which are collected by individuals and departments which do not admit the claims of the Treasury to be concerned in the matter.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
These being prohibited by the Koran as a form of gambling, the tax was declared illegal by the Majlis ; but this in no way acted as a deterrent to the officials concerned, who continue to collect the tax whenever they can find any one who can be induced to pay. Being somewhat curious as to how a tax which had been expressly vetoed by the legislature could be enforced, I inquired from the responsible official what method he adopted, to be met with the frank admission that he was powerless in the... matter. The only conclusion was that the tax was only demanded from Armenians, Jews, and other infidels, who concerned themselves in such matters, and were content to purchase immunity for their operations. In any case, it scarcely appeared worth the trouble, as the gross revenue collected was somewhere in the neigh- bourhood of a hundred pounds. For the rest, it need only be said that no attempt is made to account for such items as police fines and similar minor revenues, which are collected by individuals and departments which do not admit the claims of the Treasury to be concerned in the matter.
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