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...other members of the Royal Family, including the 25-yr.-old Crown Prince and three nephews of His Majesty who were treated for trachoma, last week kept Dr. Fahmy busy. He also removed a cataract from the eye of 70-yr.-old Emir Abdel Ibn Selim, Governor of Oniva...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Kings, Etc. | 10/13/1930 | See Source »

...spending of money for this Palestinian digging caught the attention of Emir Abdullah, ruling under British mandate beyond the Jordan. Hence his recent invitation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Diggers | 11/19/1928 | See Source »

...withal Shah Reza has not grown efféte or enervated. The old eagerness for battle kindled in his veins, last week, when news came that rebellious tribesmen were stirring in Luristan and had assassinated the Shah's Minister of Public Works, the Emir Lashkar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERSIA: Crown Prince Works | 4/23/1928 | See Source »

That famous hero of poetry, Abdul, the Bul-bul Emir, would be ashamed of his countrymen if he could, know the present sad condition of Turkish manhood. When the movies were introduced into Turkey a comparatively short time ago the promoters of the new form of amusement copied the methods in use in America in their production, and evidently designed their theaters after American models. But they failed to consider the requirements of their public. When the tired business men of that city invaded the new sources of entertainment they found to their dismay that seats designed for athletic citizens...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE FAT MAN OF EUROPE | 4/2/1928 | See Source »

...Arabia, a few hours before Field Marshal Allenby's columns arrived to make the victory secure. It was Colonel Lawrence who represented the Pan-Arabs at the Peace Conference, protesting vainly when France received her Syrian mandate. And finally it is Colonel Lawrence who, today, sees his good friend Emir Feisal? now King of Irak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NON-FICTION: Welsh Hero* | 4/11/1927 | See Source »

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