Word: emir
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...personalities, Mr. Gunther was most fascinated by the Mahatma M. K. Gandhi, an "incredible combination of Jesus Christ, Tammany Hall and your father"; Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, an "Indian who became a westerner; an aristocrat who became a socialist; an individualist who became a great mass leader"; Emir Abdullah, of Trans-Jordan, who for laughs keeps a big concave-convex mirror in the entrance hall of his palace in Amman...
Since the Moslem hierarchy of Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Transjordan, Syria, Turkey, Iraq, Yemen, India and Egypt must first decide on the choice of a Caliph, to cheers were premature but it was significant that among those cheering were Farouk's guests, the Emir of Yemen, Self-al-Islam Hussein, and Emir Feisal, the son of Saudi Arabia's King, Ibn Saud...
...sense, the "frontier" between Palestine and Trans-Jordan has been anomalous, and this anomaly the British Cabinet now propose to sweep away, making a single political unit out of Trans-Jordan and the portion of Palestine now assigned and partitioned to the Arabs. Thus this week the Emir of Trans-Jordan, His Highness Abdullah ibn Hussein, figured that what the British are going to do will, at any rate, enlarge his realm and glory. His Highness came out instantly for partition of Palestine, declared in a special edition of his personal newsorgan that he is "highly pleased...
These savage herders and fighters last week roused their sheiks in British-mandated Transjordania to urge a single wild cavalry sweep into Palestine to massacre Jews and Britons. Mild Emir Abdullah Ibn Hussein, who holds his throne by the favor of Britain, tried to soothe his sheiks while the Emir's son, Crown Prince Talal, whipped them up to a fighting frenzy...
...personally do not like Mussolini," said the Emir. "His manner of speaking and the way he appears in photographs make me imagine him to be a cheap comedian. His pompous personal demonstrations do not appeal to the Arab, accustomed as we are to the simplicity of the Sahara. I wish I could be the first Arab to enroll as a volunteer to protect Ethiopia, the ancient friend of Mohammed! What a shame that Rome-the capital of Christianity-is attempting to enslave one of the most ancient Christian nations. It is something more than Power, it is Heathenism...