Word: afghanistan
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Lean, wiry Bacha Sakao, "The Water Carrier," bandit King of Afghanistan sat, unconcerned, in the capital city of Kabul last fortnight while the King he drove from the throne, plump, oily Amanullah, prestidigitated in far off Kandahar to show his fitness to rule...
...royal palace at Kabul, Padishah Habibullah, as the muscular Bacha Sakao now calls himself, opened no boxes, neither tugged nor grunted. He, debonair, wears tight kid gloves to show his gentility, brandishes two loaded rifles to show his dexterity, wears plentiful ammunition against emergencies, rules most of Afghanistan...
...Emperor of Japan, the Shah of Persia and the kings of Afghanistan, Egypt, Sweden and Spain all own Rolls-Royces, as do most prominent Indian Maharajas. After trying out a fleet of Packards on the awful roads and cobblestoned streets of Jugoslavia, King Alexander has just ordered two more. Tsar Boris of Bulgaria drives a German Mercedes...
...just when Kemal gave this order, the other great Eastern Europeanizer, Afghanistan's King Amanullah, was forced from his throne (TIME, Jan. 28). Reflecting that perhaps such a moment was not propitious for making religious alterations in Turkey, Kemal rescinded his order...
...Prospective Subscriber Elkins state what she would consider proof of Colonel Lawrence's spyhood. Presumably she does not expect TIME to wring from the British Government the admission that the Empire employs a spy or spies. The Government of Afghanistan has made official, diplo matic protest against Colonel Lawrence's spying. The exploits which Lawrence describes in his best-seller Revolt in the Desert brand him as a spy ten times over, if one accepts the definition of a spy set forth in Article XXIX of the Hague Convention...