Word: khans
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...early for TIME'S "Man of the Year" nominations, but surely deserving consideration are Pakistani Ambassador Sahabzada Yaqub-Khan, Egyptian Ambassador Ashraf Ghorbal and Iranian Ambassador Ardeshir Zahedi for their crucial role in the release of the hostages held by the Hanafi gunmen...
...Another was particularly effective: "And let not the hatred of some people in shutting you out of the Sacred Mosque lead you into transgression and hostility on your part; help ye one another in righteousness and piety, but judge ye not one another in sin and rancor." Says Yaqub-Khan: "The sentiments in that passage provided the central theme pervading all the talks...
Ambassador Ghorbal was the first to volunteer help. Learning that Egyptians were among the hostages at the Islamic Center, he called the State Department and when asked, agreed to talk to Khaalis on the phone from the police command center. Ghorbal then called Yaqub-Khan, who joined him, and left a message for Zahedi, who at the moment was on a Concorde returning to Washington from Paris...
...sunrise, Yaqub-Khan was on the phone again: "My comrade, it is the beginning of a new day," he said to Khaalis. "I would like you, my brother, to join in a prayer to Allah that it will be a day of compassion, honor and bravery." Khaalis protested that the place where he was appeared "unclean." This remark convinced the negotiators that Khaalis was a devout Muslim who would pray only in clean surroundings, as Islamic tradition prescribes. Now there was hope, for a source of leverage existed-the compassion cited in the Koran...
...City, and promptly disappeared from public view. Headed the same way, on a different flight, were Stones Lead Singer Mick Jagger and Guitarist Ron Wood. Newspapers raised their collective eyebrows at the coincidence. After two days of hubbub, Margaret calmly appeared in public in the company of Princess Yasmin Khan, at whose apartment she was staying. The two women arrived at the ballet to watch Mikhail Baryshnikov dance. All the frenzy, said Margaret, was nonsense. Said she: "Look, I'm a married lady. I love my husband and I love music." Her New York trip, she added...