Word: khans
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Karim Aga Khan and Thomas Parsekian...
...imperial hauteur contrasted powerfully with the Shah's beginnings. Though he took great pains to present his reign as a continuation and fulfillment of 2,500 years of Persian monarchy, his dynasty had not even been founded when he was born on Oct. 26, 1919. His father, Reza Khan, was a soldier's son who did not learn to read and write until he was an adult. Reza Khan started as a noncommissioned officer in the Persian army, rose to colonel, and in 1921 led a military revolt that finally ousted the last Shah of the Qajar dynasty...
...Open, sponsored by the Massachusetts Squash Racquets Association, boasts a field of players that includes nine-time world Pro champion Sharif Khan, U.S. amateur king Gil Mateer and Harvard senior and two-time U.S. Collegiate Champ Mike Desaulniers, along with a dozen other world class players...
While both Desaulniers and Khan received byes into today's first round, last night's preliminary action provided plenty of entertainment for the overflow crowd of 200 who paid up to $100 for a "sponsor's seat" in the front row of the Hemenway gallery...
Crimson captain Desaulniers is the Open's fourth seed and will start play with an 8 p.m. battle against former Princeton star Frank Satterhwaite. While the Quincy House resident should have no problem handling Satterhwaite, he will face strong competition in the later rounds from members of the Khan family, six of whom are entered in the Open and five of whom are world-ranked players...