Word: sultanate
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...Greenwich, England, somebody swiped the seven-inch, diamond-studded headdress presented to Admiral Lord Nelson in 1798 by Sultan Selim III of Turkey to commemorate Britain's victory over Napoleon in the battle of the Nile...
Towards evening the Sultan weakened. He signed a paper renouncing both the Istiqlal and the Communists. Result was that within a week the Istiqlal leaders were jailed, the Sultan's private cabinet dissolved...
...green-and-white royal palace at Rabat the Sultan was worried. In the rear courts of the palace and in the harem, there was the subdued sound of women's voices. The rare animals in the Sultan's private zoo grew restive...
...TIME correspondent who visited him a few days later the Sultan explained: "They told me the tribes were coming against me. Menaced by this trouble, I signed." He added: "The duty of a sovereign is to search for the general interest and welfare of the people without entering into the struggle of the parties. But I cannot forbid my people to think...
...quiet the uproar, General Juin last week postponed taking over his command of the Western European land forces under General Dwight Eisenhower at SHAPE. Juin, planning to fly back to Morocco, was still confident that he could bring the Sultan around, hold Morocco for France, avoid a national insurrection which would be a danger to the Atlantic pact. The dialogue would continue...