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...slim 12 then, a desert torch singer fresh from Syria's Jebel Druse country. But Ama's family frowned on such shamelessness ; they bustled her into marriage with Cousin Emir Hassan, chief of the Druses...
Another little Arab country-British-mandated Trans-Jordan, pop. 300,000-recently got restive, asked Britain to grant full sovereignty. Trans-Jordan's handsome, blueblooded Emir Abdullah had a telling point: with Britain's covert encouragement, neighboring Syria and Lebanon had lately wrested promises of sovereignty from France...
Last week came Britain's answer: No, until after the war, when the mandating power, the League of Nations or its successor, could give consent. Trans-Jordan's Cabinet resigned in a huff, but a friendly talk between the Emir and Sir Harold MacMichael, British High Commissioner of Palestine, patched up the unpleasantness...
Trans-Jordan's petition was another sign of rising Arab nationalism. Full sovereignty would raise Emir Abdullah to the rank of King, allow Trans-Jordan to join the nebulous but much-discussed union of Arab states. Britain prefers to postpone such problems until she can concentrate on her vital Middle Eastern sphere...
Died. Alhaji Muhammadu Dikko, 75, wealthy Emir of Nigerian Katsina (pop. 1,000,000). Most forward-looking of all Emirs, plane-traveling Dikko had four wives, 500 descendants...