Word: shahs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Shiraz, a city famed for its poets and fine wine, the Shah of Iran dedicated Iran's first municipal water system, statues of himself and his father, and a memorial to the Persian poet Saadi. Later he went horseback riding, and finished the week with a painful limp. As he stopped near a stream to water his horse, the horse shied and caught the Shah with a vicious kick above the ankle...
Well, explained Mossadegh, there is talk that the Shah's twin sister has been working against him. And he had just received reports that the Queen Mother was sending refreshments to members of the opposition camped out in the Majlis building. He was not only going to resign, said Mossadegh; he was going to make a speech informing the people of Iran that the court is against him. Caught unprepared, Ala could only stutter his remonstrances: but-but really, the Shah, whatever his private misgivings, had publicly backed Mossadegh's every move, and the Queen Mother...
...adamant. "I've made up my mind," he said. "Go tell the Shah...
...Preposterous!" exploded the Shah. Ala scampered back and told Mossadegh that the Shah had refused to accept the resignation. That put a crimp in any designs the conscientious young (32) Shah might have had. Mossadegh said he was still determined to resign. The religious leader, Mullah Kashani, arrived and urged the Premier to reconsider. You can't, he urged, leave the people in their hour of need. A few hours later, the whole cabinet assembled at the Premier's home. They argued, they reasoned, they pleaded, they begged. At long last, Mossadegh gave in. He had decided...
...young Shah apparently expected Mossadegh to quit: Hadn't he come home emptyhanded? Instead, Mossadegh talked away for 5½ hours, over many cups of tea, describing British stubbornness, U.S. sympathy, Egyptian friendship. He and Premier Nahas Pasha had gotten to be real buddies on his visit to Egypt. The Shah next day had one word to describe the session: "Exhausting." But 72-year-old Mohammed Mossadegh, no longer the fainting wonder, was full of beans...