Word: begum
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Born. To Karim Aga Khan, 37, Harvard-educated spiritual leader of 20 million Ismaili Moslems, who regard him as a 49th-generation direct descendant of the prophet Mohammed, and the Begum Aga Khan, 33, formerly Sarah Croker Poole, a British model: their third child, second_son; in Chambésy, Switzerland. Name: Hussain...
...streets of Dacca, shouting, dancing, singing, firing rifles into the air and roaring the now-familiar cry of liberation "Joi Bangla." Many of the rejoicing citizens made a pilgrimage to the small bungalow where Mujib's wife and children had been held captive by the Pakistani army. The Begum had spent the day fasting. "When I heard the gun fire in March it was to kill the people of Bangladesh," she tearfully told the well-wishers. "Now it is to demonstrate their...
Latest additions to the annual January infestation of lists include the traditional couturier-cum-socialite choice of Best-Dressed Women (No. 1: the Begum Ago Khan, No. 2: Mrs. Ronald Reagan); Fashion Designer Mr. Blackwell's Worst-Dressed women (No. 1: Actress AM MacGraw, No. 2: Jacqueline Onassis); the Motion Picture Herald's poll for 1971 Box Office Star (No. 1: John Wayne, No. 2: Clint Eastwood); Dr. Joyce Brothers' radio poll for Most Sex-Appealing Men (No. 1: Vice President Spiro T. Agrtew, No. 2: Actor Paul Newman); and the Fashion Foundation of America...
Born. To Karim Aga Khan, 34, Imam, or spiritual leader, of 20 million Ismaili Moslems; and the Begum, Princess Salima, 31, onetime London fashion model and former wife of Lord James Crichton-Stuart; their second child, a son and heir to the title; in Pregny, Switzerland. Name: Rahim...
Born. To Karim Aga Khan, 33, Imam of 20 million Ismaili Moslems in the Middle East, Africa and Asia, and the Begum Aga Khan, 30, the former Sarah Croker Poole, a onetime British fashion model: their first child, a girl; in Geneva, Switzerland. Name: Zahra...