Word: ahmad
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Ahmad Fuad therefore bestirred himself little during the week. Upon his knee he caressed now and then the Princesses Fawzieh and Faiza, aged five and three, his daughters...
...king, Sultan Ahmad Shah, who left Persia for a joy trip to France two years ago, sent a telegram some days ago to the Persian Minister informing him the date of his departure for Persia. This wire, being printed in local papers, roused the anger of all Persians, especially inhabitants of Azerbaijan. Consequently from all parts of Persia telegrams were sent to Majlis (parliament) asking that our delegates to gather and take a final decision whether the Shah should return or not. Delegates paid no attention to their demands and eventually the situation began to grow worse and worse every...
...Paris Shah Ahmad declared: I am, and remain the legitimate constitutional sovereign of Persia, and I await the hour of my return, to my country to serve my people, whose noble character and loyalty to me in difficult times I shall never forget. ... The coup d'état which Reza Khan has just committed against the constitution and against my dynasty was made at the point of the bayonet. . . . Against it I have raised a vehement and solemn protest. I consider as void and without value all present and future acts of his government. I maintain all my rights...
...recalled that Shah Ahmad has been leading a notoriously languid and luxurious existence in Europe for the past two years. For him to evince sufficient interest in Persian affairs even to "vehemently protest" is something of an event...
...Shah Ahmad is a Kajar, and the dynasty has ruled in Persia since...