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Word: seyyid (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...genealogical, diplomatic and statistical annual," has been no mean task. Bound by tradition to list only the members of regal, princely and ducal families, the genteel editors have been obliged by a shortage of European aristocracy to fill their sedate pages with such families as those of His Highness Seyyid Sir Khalifa-II-bin-Haroub-bin-Thuwaini, Sultan of Zanzibar; His Highness Maharadjad-hiradja Tribhubana Bir Bikram Jan Bahadur of Nepal, Shah Bahadur Shamshere-Jung. Maharadja of Nepal; and His Highness Seyyid Timour-bin-Feysal, Sultan of Oman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Bluebloods & Battleships | 12/23/1929 | See Source »

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