Word: begum
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...Pakistan, upon its creation in 1947, began to loosen some of the old restrictions on women: purdah lost ground, women got a couple of seats (which they still hold) in the parliament. But the mullahs of Islam have reasserted the old customs; the Begum Liaquat Ali Khan, widow of the assassinated Premier and once a militant suffragist, has been forced into a quiet life, and the wife of the new Premier hides uncomplainingly in strictest purdah...
With the help of Riviera sunshine and a heart specialist, the ailing, 75-year-old Ago Khan felt well enough to leave his villa in Cannes, go for a drive with the Begum, and make plans for an early visit...
...tour of India with a fast week of seeing slums and soldiery, of meeting voluble Moslem dignitaries and veiled Moslem women in the Pakistan cities of Karachi, Lahore and Peshawar. Her tour has not been without moments of conflict. Her visit to Pakistan aggravated a female feud between Begum Lia-quat AH Khan, widow of Pakistan's late Prime Minister, and Miss Fatima Jinnah, sister of Founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah. The Begum had invited Mrs. Roosevelt to Pakistan. Outflanked, Miss Fatima stonily boycotted the famous guest and ordered the Pakistani Girl Scouts, whom she heads, to boycott...
That night the King turned up at the Casino with the Aga and the Begum, the Aga's son, Aly Khan, and his wife, Rita Hayworth. Farouk got into a baccarat game and played on until 5 a.m., winning 20 million francs. The next night he won 15 million, the third night he began to lose. The Casino refused to give out statistics on the losses...
...Boston hospital, Pakistan's Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan and the Begum were recuperating from their operations (hers was gallstones, his goiter). Before starting for home, the Begum had one worry: would her two sons be too chubby to get into the Hopalong Cassidy outfits she has bought them...