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What, what, what? All these years I have presumed that although the Akhoond of Swat is dead, long liveth the Akhoond. But according to your article [Feb. 3] he is now a paltry Wali. What's Swat...
...from paltry, Wali is a Persian word meaning ruler. It is a title selected by the present Swati ruling family after it unified the local tribes and won British recognition in 1926. The Wall's grandfather enjoyed the title of Akhoond, a Persian word meaning religious teacher. But in the 20th century secular titles have displaced religious ones; the Wali of Swat, no longer Akhoond, is the only Wali among the Pakistani princes...
...Wrote Baseball's Akhoond of Swat, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, that he felt it was best for the country to keep professional baseball going during...
...talk. So much availability nettled his boyhood friend, Senator Bennett Champ Clark, who is rather dark-horsy himself. Stark, cracked Clark, was a candidate for President, Vice President, Secretary of the Navy, War, High Commissioner to the Philippines, Ambassador to Great Britain, and "has been favorably mentioned as the Akhoond of Swat." Said Clark, he preferred a less scattered character, would therefore support the incumbent, Senator Harry Truman...
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