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...tribesmen who had been waging a long simmering and spreading rebellion. The insurgents, in turn, received more covert assistance from China, Pakistan and other countries. But by now the U.S. was distracted by a new preoccupation, right next door in Iran. (One immediate consequence of the collapse of the Shah: CENTO, long moribund, was disbanded.) Insofar as U.S. diplomats and intelligence experts focused on Afghanistan at all, they made two miscalculations. First, they believed that the Soviets' desire to preserve detente would restrain them in Afghanistan. Second, they had long since written off Babrak Karmal and his comrades...
...Arabia and Libya, is regarded by his followers asapir (saint), and he claims that his family lineage traces directly to Muhammad. He could become a focus for Western support, although his urbanity offends some ultraorthodox Muslims. Too many of his nephews and cousins-like relatives of Iran's Shah-appear to be dressed by Gucci...
...hindsight, the glories of kings are apt to depend on the available talent. All the last Shah of Iran could rake up by way of a court artist was Andy Warhol. Four hundred years before, his predecessors were more fortunate. The first three-quarters of the 16th century in the courts of Persia formed one of the supreme periods in the history of art: a Middle Eastern equivalent, perhaps, of Florence between 1450 and 1500, or 16th century Venice, or Paris between 1880 and 1930. It was mainly in Tabriz, the capital of the Safavid dynasty, under the patronage...
...Under the curatorial hand of Art Historian Stuart Gary Welch, several works have been brought together. The centerpiece is the Houghton Shahnama, or Book of Kings, in itself a miniature museum of the work of the greatest court artists of Tabriz, those who were assembled under the rule of Shah Tahmasp. There are other major manuscripts too, including Nizami's Quintet (a cycle of five illustrated poems), along with a group of separate miniatures...
...hint of that possibility came next day, on the first anniversary of the Shah's departure from Iran. As American journalists packed their typewriters and cameras, awaiting their flights home, surprisingly few Muslim militants turned out for a scheduled embassy protest. But some newsmen speculated that the expulsions might presage new moves involving the hostages, such as show trials. For now, what happens in Iran will have to be gleaned by the U.S. press in roundabout fashion: placing long-distance phone calls to Iranian officials and foreign diplomats in Tehran; making arrangements with the remaining Western reporters...