Word: feisal
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...Jordanian desert on its pipeline from Iraq to the Mediterranean. At this remote and inhospitable spot, in an air-conditioned concrete resthouse surrounded by nothing but miles of rock and sand, Jordan's young (20) King Hussein and his cousin, Iraq's young (20) King Feisal II, met last week to discuss the future of Jordan...
...Though Feisal arrived in the company of Iraqi Premier Nuri es-Said, Hussein flew to the rendezvous (piloting his de Havilland Dove himself) without his Prime Minister. Having successfully sacked Glubb Pasha, symbol of Britain's long Jordanian dominance, Hussein seemed to be savoring his independence. He had turned down the invitation to join Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Syria in their Arab "neutral" bloc, and he had already opened negotiations with the British on terms that seemed likely to assure for the young king the continuing of London's $25 million yearly subsidy, and the presence...
...ablest statesman in the Middle East. Last week Nuri was busy putting together a new administration. In one of those sudden flare-ups that happen in the Middle East (and rate a baffling, brief paragraph in the U.S. press), Nuri had gone to his 20-year-old king, Feisal II, to quit. Two hours later he had a new Cabinet, chosen to speed up the domestic-reform program Iraq has launched on the wave of oil royalties...
...last absolute monarchs on earth, King Saud prefers to give, rather than receive, on his travels. Visiting Iran earlier this year, he presented the Queen with diamond jewelry worth $900,000. After attending the 1953 coronation of King Feisal, he presented the Iraqis who looked after him with a fabulous tip: $80,000 in cash, two Cadillacs and a Chevrolet. Last week he presented Prime Minister Nehru's daughter Indira with a golden headband and a diamond-studded wristwatch...
...pays out more than $50 million a year to keep desert tribes loyal. Ibn Saud had a father's control over his 40-odd sons. Saud has only the stature of eldest brother, and the power of his purse. There is inevitable rivalry with his brother, Crown Prince Feisal, though the old King, when death was near, made the two swear on the Koran never to oppose each other...