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  TAJIK FOLK TALES - THE PADISHAH'S DAUGHTER AND THE YOUNG SLAVE (The Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies - CAIS) ©
The Padishah had a grownup daughter who was so proud and conceited that she sent away all the matchmakers who came to seek her hand in marriage.
The Padishah rode right up to the old man and asked him what he was writing on those pebbles and why he threw them into the water.
Who is destined to become her husband?" asked the Padishah, and told the old man about his proud, conceited daughter who refused to marry anyone but the handsomest and strongest young man in the world.
www.cais-soas.com /CAIS/Anthropology/Tajiks/TajikFolk.htm   (908 words)

  
 Mughal Emperor's Son 1857
But his reign had all the vices of Oriental rule: magnificent structures were erected, but the mass of the people groaned under the most odious exactions.
But a Prince with a historical name in Delhi, the focus of the Moslem fanaticism in India, without a single European regiment inside, is a placing of military and political capital in the hands of our enemies which, we are persuaded, will not soon happen again.
Up to a very recent date the Padishah was called by the Hindoos the Rajah of Indraprestha, and on coins he was styled 'Emperor of the World.' But in latter times the Company had declined all his propositions to renew any monetary currency.
www.harappa.com /engr/mughalson.html   (785 words)

  
  Forty-four Turkish Fairy Tales: The Daughter of the Padishah of Kandahar
According to the inscription it is a portrait of the daughter of the Padishah of Kandahar.
The Padishah, overwhelmed with joy at the reunion with his son, betrothed the two youths to their respective lovers, and at the expiration of forty days they were married with much pomp and circumstance.
The Padishah commanded; the youth to be brought before him, and though the latter protested his innocence he was condemned to death.
www.sacred-texts.com /asia/ftft/ftft29.htm   (2686 words)

  
 Burlington Vermont: Padishah and Jacob Hubbard
Padishah was the word that tripped up 13-year-old Jacob Hubbard from Rochester Vermont in this year's national spelling bee.
According to Dictionary.com, Padishah is defined as: Used formerly as a title for the monarch of Iran.
Wednesday's competition began with 273 spellers and widdled to 51 by the end of the day.
www.iburlington.com /article.php/spellingbee/print   (177 words)

  
 OkCupid! Padishah / 20 / m / straight / Melbourne, Australia
Padishah / 20 / m / straight / Melbourne, Australia
It looks like Padishah hasn't made any journal entries.
Maybe you should send him a message and encourage him to post one.
www.okcupid.com /profile?tuid=10082019927689823528   (264 words)

  
 padishah - OneLook Dictionary Search
Padishah : Encarta® World English Dictionary, North American Edition [home, info]
Padishah : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
Padishah : Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
www.onelook.com /?loc=pub&w=padishah   (159 words)

  
 Definition of padishah - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
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 The Dune You'll Never See
Instead, Dan O'Bannon, fresh off the unexpected triumph of "Dark Star," was hired to do effects.
In perhaps the ultimate coup for Jodorowsky's unworldly sensibilities, even surrealist painter Salvador Dali was onboard in a small but important role as the galactic Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV.
After a brief but typically eccentric display of egoism, Dali agreed to spend an hour on the film set as the emperor for a fee of $100,000 -- an extreme sum for a project with a reported budget of $20 million.
www.space.com /sciencefiction/dune_jodorowsky_991019.html   (1003 words)

  
 'Dune: House Atreides' Doesn't Come Close
This prequel adds nothing to the series except the promise -- or threat, depending on your point of view -- of two more books to come.
Nearly four decades before the chain of events laid out in Dune, the aged Emperor Elrood IX sits on the Padishah Throne.
Crown Prince Shaddam waits impatiently to inherit the throne, and is prepared to poison his father to get it.
www.space.com /sciencefiction/dune_atreides_review_991019.html   (652 words)

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