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...Great Teacher came. He was Baha' O'llah (Blessed Manifestation). He was the grandson of a Grand Vizier of Persia. He died in 1892, but left a son who had been born May 23, 1844. The son-Abdul Baha-kept a shrine at Akka, Syria. He died in 1921, after having been knighted by King George V for War-services. He loved "flowers and light...
Died. Abbas Hilmi Pasha, Grand Vizier of Turkey under Sultans Abdul Hamid and Mohamet V, in Vienna. In command of a division during the Balkan War in 1912, he tried to stop the panic among his men at Kirkkilisseh by having them shot down...
...these days of street cars and automobiles there is little indeed to connect Boston with the City of the Faithful-- Bagdad. Nonetheless the spirit of the Arabian Nights is with us still, Who does not recall how the Sultan, Harounel- Rashid accompanied by his trusty Vizier was wont to slip out of the palace gates by night and wander over the city, seeing how matters fared with the people. Or how, on the morrow, from his high throne he meted out reward and punishment to those whom he had found meritorious or wanting on the night before. Thus was justice...
...Pudding Club will present this year is as follows: Sultan of Turkey, R. M. Middlemass '09 Sultana, R. MacVeagh '10 Conspirators: Abdalla, L. Hill '10 Abdulla, W. K. Earle '10 Diana, debutante daughter of Sultan, R. H. Hutchinson '10 Alexander, Crown Prince of Turkey, R. C. Foster '10 Grand Vizier, G. K. Munroe '10 Imperial Messengers: Longboat, H. M. Platt '10 Shrubb, B. Tuckerman '11 Durando, F. H. Burrage '10 Hayes, G. C. Prince '10 Mutt, G. P. Gardner, Jr., '10 Little Jeff, J. R. Mayer '10 Ushers: 1. H. Jaques '11 2. S. W. Marvin '10 3. R. Whitney...
...despair of the Grand Vizier, the Sultan assents to their suggestion for a splendid ball. The Sultan's difficulty in preparing the entertainment is only exceeded by the trials of Diana, the modern hostess. Owing to the premature publication of the morning paper, the Sultan, reading an account of his own destruction, foils the plotters and brings them to justice...