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...Amanullah, who built racetracks, Roman arches, cinemas, and tried to force his outraged subjects into trousers until they rose up and chased him from the country (TIME, June 23, 1929 et ante) ; 2) Nadir Shah whose more tactful program was cut short by assassination last year; 3) Mohammed Zahir Khan, Nadir Shah's son, who is concentrating on the practical business of building up an efficient modern army...
...April he said tartly that the civil disobedience campaign should be resumed "in my lifetime only under my direction." Since April the little man has been stoned and bombed. And last week he announced that he will soon visit the Afghan border to support his Afghan disciple, Abdul Gaffur Khan ("The Frontier Gandhi"), and "gauge the strength of the spirit of non-violence among the tribes...
...Japanese families in Salt River Valley, 25 were U. S. citizens by birth, that they legally owned about 150 acres and leased 300 acres more, that all the others were laborers. Wentworth Gurney, British consul, followed and went into a conference with Daljitsingh Sadhari and Ralmat Ali Khan. Protests flashed East and West and overseas...
...Treasurer-General (in charge of customs) notice and bounce the leading German banker in Persia, pompous Herr Doktor Horschitz-Horst. The National Bank then became 100% Persian under a Director who. besides being His Majesty's personal favorite, has thoroughly studied banking methods abroad. His Excellency Riza Ghuli Khan Amir Chosrowi...
...battalions went over to Publisher Saiyid Zia-ud-Din's revolution. Not long after the publisher found he had made the mistake of his life. The upstart Sartip had got himself appointed Minister of War and the publisher was exiled to Baghdad. Two years passed while brooding Riza Khan intrigued, cajoled and bribed among the military, forcing his deep plans and domineering power to triumph over weaker minds. While still only War Minister he reorganized the Army and made it his own by insuring regular pay for the first time in living Persian memory. To do this...