Word: sultanic
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...years ago, "that time for me has fled on too swift a wing." Last week swift-winged time came to an end for the legendary old Prince of Islam. In a quiet lakeside villa at Versoix, Switzerland, his huge bulk wasted to a mere 132 Ibs., His Highness Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah, the Aga Khan III and spiritual leader of some 20 million Ismaili Moslems throughout the East, the Middle East and Africa, died...
...MINOR crisis was brewing in the -» tiny British protectorate of Brunei as Paul Hurmuses, TIME'S Hong Kong staff correspondent, paid a visit there last week. The local Sultan, who rules that little nation of former wild men of Borneo, wanted his entire palace air-conditioned. His comely and strong-minded wife insisted that the bedrooms be left free of this 20th century improvement. "Don't worry," an aide whispered, "he'll win her over, but it will take time." For an account of some greater triumphs achieved by the Sultan of Brunei in bringing...
...hard times. In 1888, reduced to an impoverished patch of mangrove swamp about the size of the state of Delaware, it was forced to accept British protection. The British set up a few roads, schools and hospitals, put a Resident in charge to keep an eye on the local Sultan, and, for the rest, let Brunei wallow in its primitive backwash...
Middle-Class Sultan. This is the kind of wealth His Highness Sultan Sir Omar Ali Saifuddin, He Who Is Made Lord of Brunei, wants for his nation. Unlike some of his Islamic counterparts in the Middle East, Brunei's unpretentious ruler, who followed his profligate brother to the throne in 1950, is content to live his own life surrounded by middle-class comforts, with a single wife and eight children in a simple, tasteful villa that would go unnoticed in a better U.S. suburb. "I want," he says a little stiffly, "to direct all my energies and resources toward...
Though not always in complete agreement with his methods, since the Sultan is a stubborn as well as a sincere man, Sir Omar's British advisers help him achieve his purposes. It has not always been easy in a land that now boasts more than 50 schools but not yet a single college graduate. But even the leader of Brunei's nationalist party (an inevitable byproduct of progress) is mild in his demands. "We want internal self-government, but we will stay in the Commonwealth," he says. "And let me make it clear...