Word: sultanism
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...General Comte de Chambrun made a successful attack on the heights of Taounat, but was forced to retire after two days, as in the case of the Bibane battle of a fortnight ago (TIME, May 25). All other actions were local. A strong counterattack by Abd-el-Krim, Riff "Sultan," was daily expected...
...sudden war which Abd-el-Krim, the Riff "Sultan," recently declared on the French (TIME, May 11) went badly for the Riffians. Each day brought them defeat, casualties, while the same days brought victories and no losses to the defending French troops...
...Kurdistan is a tract of territory lying partly within Turkish borders, partly within Persian. A large part of the territory was known before and during the War as Armenia. The Kurds are a fierce, lawless people or whom the late Sultan Abdul Hamid II placed much reliance for the internal peace of his shaking Empire. Now that there are an Armenians to kill (they have been driver from the country, exchanged and massacred) it was suggested that the Kurds have nov turned to killing the Turks...
...live like a Sultan until I'm all spent...
...year-old Shah of Persia, Sultan Ahmad, basked in the sunshine of the French Riviera at Nice...