Word: gulistan
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...remarkable to most other U.S. city editors. Nor is Rosenthal's conviction that a city cannot be covered from a desk exactly revolutionary. But then the Times is the Times, and New York is New York. Traditionally, Times readers have been better informed about events in Ghana or Gulistan than developments in their own backyard. One reason is that even with the Times's resources, covering New York City and its populous suburbs is a herculean problem. The megalopolis, from Greenwich, Conn., to Greenwich Village, East Hampton to the West 90s, encompasses one of the world...
...Turks in 1514, and brought to Istanbul. In 1514, that famous throne did not even exist. The Peacock Throne was installed by Shah Jahan, Mogul Emperor of Taj Mahal fame, at Delhi. It was carried off by the Persian invader Nadir Shah in 1739, and now stands in the Gulistan Palace, a museum in Teheran, Iran...
...original Peacock Throne of Iran taken from Delhi by Nadir Shah in 1739 has disappeared. The Peacock throne now in the Gulistan Palace, Teheran (see cut) was built in the early loth century by an Isfahan jeweler for Path Ali Shah and was originally called the Sun Throne. There is another throne in the Istanbul museum which is referred to as a Peacock throne...