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Methinks above you confused the Shahs of Iran and Afghanistan.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Sat Sep 22nd, 2007 at 02:52:48 PM EST
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Re: Emmanuel Todd: 'Iran is not dangerous' (but Sa (4.00 / 3)

Ah, I'm not used to hearing him refered to as shah - he's always been refered to as King by people I knew (one of whom was a nephew of his who owns a restaurant here in the Twin Cities who I went to the local international school with...)

True shah equals king in farsi. In Pashto the word is kahn; most of my friends are the latter. Actually I think the last king was pashtun too, even Peshawar-based, as his nephew certainly is here in St Paul.

Sorry for the confusion on my part.

Fai de bèn a Bertrand, te lou rendra en cagant

by redstar on Sat Sep 22nd, 2007 at 03:05:12 PM EST
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