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...Muscat, important British port at the entrance of the Persian Gulf, His Highness Seyyid Sir Taimur ben Feisal celebrated the end of Ramadan by wiping his brow, praising Allah, announcing his decision to abdicate. The Sultan of Muscat differs from most rulers in his feelings for the land of his birth. He hates the place. Muscat is the world's hottest city, with an average annual rainfall of only 3½ inches, frequent temperatures of 189 degrees in the sun. The Sultan spends most of his time in India, which he finds like Bar Harbor by comparison...
...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...