Word: pahlavis
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...King of Kings, Shadow of the Almighty, Vice Regent of God and Center of the Universe, is a tough, foxy old man, better known as Reza Shah Pahlavi. Ever since his Government signed a trade agreement with Adolf Hitler's in April last year Germans have poured into Iran. Last week Britain and Russia turned heat on the Shah to start them pouring out. By week's end a token trickle of some 60 out of an estimated 4,000 to 5,000 had dribbled over the Turkish border...
Last week a wedding took place in Abdin Palace, Cairo, at which not a single woman, not even a bride, was present. The ceremony consisted of two signatures on a contract-that of the groom, 19-year-old Crown Prince Shahpur Mohammed Reza Pahlavi of Iran; and that of 19-year-old King Farouk of Egypt, acting on behalf of the bride, his 17-year-old sister, Fawziya...
...custom decreed that the bride should be absent. Because of another custom, the couple had never met until two weeks before the wedding. (Rumors that they had met and fallen in love in Switzerland were last week denied.) The Crown Prince's strong-willed father, Shah Reza Khan Pahlavi, had arranged the match so as to bring together not only Egypt and Iran but also two great Moslem sects, the Sunni and Shiah, which for years have been as unmixable as oil and water...
Married. Crown Prince Shahpur Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, 19, heir to the throne of Iran; and Princess Fawziya, 17-year-old sister of King Farouk of Egypt; in a ceremony that required her absence; in Cairo...
Egypt last week was busily preparing for the visit next month of the 18-year-old Crown Prince of Iran, Shahpur Mohammed Reza, son of strong-willed Shah Reza Khan Pahlavi, whose marriage to hazel-eyed, black-haired, 17-year-old Princess Fawziya, eldest sister of boy-King Farouk will take place this spring. At last reports the wedding date had not been...