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  Shaddam Corrino IV - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Consequently, the Emperor conspired with Vladimir Harkonnen, Baron of the House Harkonnen and longtime rival of Leto.
The Emperor Shaddam Corrino IV in Dune 2000.
Their plot is to tell the Imperium that the Emperor escaped through mass-propaganda, and once Ordos controls Dune, everything will be as it were before the War began, with the Ordos Executrix as the true leaders behind the puppet Emperor, an Illuminati per se.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shaddam_Corrino_IV   (860 words)

  
 Padishah - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Padishah, Badishah, or Badshah is a very prestigious title derived from the Persian word Pādishāh, which is based on the better-known title Shāhanshāh and Shāh "King", assumed by several Islamic monarchs, notably these rulers, the first three commanding major Muslim empires:
In Frank Herbert's DUNE SF series, the Padishah Emperor, also commonly referred to as "Emperor of the Known Universe" or "Emperor of a Million Worlds", is the supreme ruler of humanity, although his power was checked by the Spacing Guild, the Bene Gesserit, and the Landsraad.
The reign of the Padishah Emperors ended when Paul-Muad'dib took control of Arrakis and became the Mentat Emperor, and was succeeded by his son Leto II, the God Emperor.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Padishah   (541 words)

  
 House Ordos - Dune Wiki   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Emperor: Battle for Dune completes the character evolution of the Ordos; they are now so cold and emotionless in their drive for profitability, that they are not perceived as human beings by the other Houses.
In Emperor: Alliances, the Executrix reveals that Roma Atani is a ghola born from Tleilaxu mentat experiments and is an expensive product; she subsequently betrays the Ordos to the Dark Alliance on the Bene Tleilax homeworld of Tleilax (which is then soon destroyed by atomics).
Padishah Emperor Frederick Corrino IV Samples of the Emperor's dead body were smuggled from Kaitain by Tleilaxu spies and purchased by House Ordos.
wiki.dune2k.com /wiki/House_Ordos   (2294 words)

  
 Chapter 48
But the Emperor's hair was red, not fl, and most of that hair was concealed by a Burseg's ebon helmet with the Imperial crest in gold upon its crown.
And among the lackeys stood one of the Emperor's daughters, the Princess Irulan, a woman they said was being trained in the deepest of the Bene Gesserit ways, destined to be a Reverend Mother.
The Padishah Emperor nodded, waved for one of his aides to obey that command.
www.geocities.com /aeusoes1/dune48.html   (3456 words)

  
 Dune (novel) - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Emperor decides that House Atreides must be destroyed, but he cannot risk uniting the various Houses against him by an overt attack on any single House.
By now the Emperor is aware of who Muad'dib is. In advance of his arrival, he sends a large Sardaukar force into the deep desert for information.
The Emperor abdicates and retires to Salusa Secundus, Paul marries (in name only) the Emperor's eldest daughter, Irulan, and assumes control of the Empire.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Dune_(novel)   (3537 words)

  
 Known universe - Uncyclopedia
The Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV is the current ruler of the Known Universe.
The Emperor's decisions are vastly affected by his Bene Gesserit advisors, and he constantly schemes to limit the power of the Landsraad.
The Landsraad consists of the emissaries from both Major and Minor Noble Houses, as well as the representatives from the Spacing Guild and Bene Gesserit, although the distribution of votes is proportional to the military might of the member.
uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Known_universe   (461 words)

  
 Mughal Empire 1526-1707 by Sanderson Beck
In 1611 Emperor Jahangir married a Persian widow of one of his officers who was given the name Nur Jahan, meaning "Light of the World," and as his favorite wife she became a very influential political leader.
The Emperor, his sons, and other nobles had dominating power and wealth such that the top 73 persons controlled 37.6 percent of the total revenues in the empire.
Mughal emperor Shah Jahan urged the sultans to partition the empire of Karnataka and annex Vijayanagara.
www.san.beck.org /2-9-MughalEmpire1526-1707.html   (19924 words)

  
 The Observer | Compare and buy | Observer Dune transcript
Emperor: I shall want telepathy during his visit and a report when we are finished.
Emperor: The Atreides House is building a secret army, using a technique unknown to us, involving sound.
Emperor: This is genocide - the deliberate and systematic destruction of all life on Arrakis.
observer.guardian.co.uk /dune   (4446 words)

  
 DUNE aka ARRAKIS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
by House Harkonnen and the Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV's Sardaukar.
House Harkonnen and the Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV.
Ruled by the Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV, the Universe is,...
www.arrakis-ttm.com /dune.html   (846 words)

  
 The Second Butlerian Jihad
Then, in the year 15,656 (956M.41), 5,500 years after the God Emperor had ascended from the ashes of a disunited empire, the curtain of warp storms had dropped and the Imperium of the carrion Emperor began to explore.
He was abhorred at the mutation of the Guild Navigator, and found the visage of the God Emperor, a giant worm, to be loathsome.
It will be a battle between a living God Emperor, and a carrion Emperor, between the Pharonic Empire, and the Imperium of Man. The first skirmish were along the border planets, at such worlds as Ecaz and Potirin on the Pharonic side, and Bray and Paramar on the Imperial side.
www.angelfire.com /hi/cesarano/jihad.html   (1428 words)

  
 Emperors in Film quiz -- free game
"Emperors, both real and fictional, have made their appearances in a great many films.
Another Roman emperor question, if I may. In which 1959 film is the Charlton Heston character, a galley slave and convict, pardoned by the Roman emperor Tiberius, played by George Relph?
The beautiful 1987 film 'The Last Emperor' revolves around the story of a child who is placed on the Chinese throne, the last person ever to have achieved the honor.
www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=221182   (285 words)

  
 [No title]
Every citizen of the Imperium lives and dies by the word of the Emperor, and are compelled to obey his command on pain of death; such is the nature of rule by right of arms.
The Emperor, for reasons of logistics, chooses not to slay those he submits, but rather to hold them "in liege" to him.
The Genuflection Drop to one knee as gracefully as possible, hands are tucked and head lowered as in the 'deep bow', until a signal to rise is given.
www.dune3.net /guides/protocol.txt   (3770 words)

  
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In any case, the Moritani reconcile themselves to this by a belief that they are ordained by God to serve the Emperor and that anyone or anything that would hinder their devotion has to be from the devil.
This is not to say that na-Count Agon was mellow and showed less force, on the contrary when the need arose he would discipline his people as the situation warranted for their own good.
There is one exception: The Padishah Emperor of the Known Universe is to be addressed at all times as Your Imperial Majesty.
www.dune3.net /handbooks/moritani.txt   (6635 words)

  
 Untitled Document
The Emperor therefore offers them the stewardship of Arrakis, a desert planet which is incredibly important the imperial economy, because it is the only source of the "Spice", a drug which increases life expectancy threefold, and increases mental abilities.
On Arrakis, there is an independent people, the Fremen, who live in the deep desert, and have been oppressed for thousands of years by the rulers of Arrakis, and also having to deal with an incredibly hostile planet, they have been bred in much the same way as the Sardaukar.
The Sardaukar, only half landed on the planet, are unable to withstand the full force of the Fremen, caught as they are in total surprise and the Emperor is forced to call a truce totally surrounded as he is, unable to land all the troops he has in space.
www.users.muohio.edu /erlichrd/350website/studyguide/Dune_ClaytonBellGuide_Sp04.htm   (8159 words)

  
 Pakistan: Emperor Jahangir's Tomb - photos of buildings in Lahore on Worldisround
In 1611, Jahangir met, wooed, and married Mehrunissa, the young widow of a Mughal officer.
He was the emperor of MUSLIM India which ruled for a very long time and was responsible for what that historic architecture you take for granted today.
Pakistan was made for the MUSLIMS of India...so in a sense Emperor Jahanghir is a Pakistani...would he have chose to live in Pakistan if he were alive in 1947 that's another question...nobody knows that.
www.worldisround.com /articles/104768   (270 words)

  
 Featuring Emperor: Battle for Dune First Look at ActionTrip
Emperor: Battle for Dune is to be the first, long-awaited 3D RTS from Westwood Studios.
Emperor Frederick IV used to have a firm grip on Dune, allowing other ruling houses to extract certain quantities.
Emperor: Battle for Dune will give you a war of the ruling houses both for the planet rich in spice mélange and the emperor's throne.
www.actiontrip.com /previews/emperorbattlefordune.html   (1167 words)

  
 Spengler's Future
Triumphal arches (for which there was some call, since most emperors were the victors in civil wars) actually stole bas-reliefs and other fine features from monuments constructed by the rulers of happier times.
He was analogous in some ways to the early Holy Roman Emperors in Western culture, from this point of view.
Thus, his vast city building projects, particularly the new capital at Constantinople, drew their energy more from the eastern peoples who were still half primitive than from the nearly exhausted civilization represented by the Roman Empire.
pages.prodigy.net /aesir/sf22.htm   (1634 words)

  
 The Art of Ihsan - Emperor Shaddam IV
Shaddam IV, 81st Padishah Emperor of House Corrino (10134-10202).
Born to Elrood IX, he would eventually become the last of the Corrino Emperors, defeated by Paul Muad'Dib, and forced into involuntary exile in 10196 on Selusa Secundus, where he would ultimately die.
Website and all images are copyright © Ihsan Alnasrawi 2006 and may not be copied or reproduced in any form, partially, digitally or otherwise, without express permission from the author.
myweb.tiscali.co.uk /ihsan/conceptual/shaddam_iv.htm   (97 words)

  
 jolt.co.uk public forums - Garindi Info/Tech Thread (FT)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Padishah Emperor sits alone on the top rung of the ladder of power, and the Houses of the Landsraad, to whom the Emperor has granted a fief, sit on the rung second from the top.
The Emperor himself is never challenged by the Houses, because the Imperial House regulates the size of the armies of other houses to ensure that it always has enough troops to suppress any uprising by another house.
The design is the result of a new challenge by the Emperor, who wishes for a new doctrine of numerous ships that can project some power in many parts of the universe rather than a few large ships that can project large amounts of power in few parts of the universe.
forums.jolt.co.uk /showthread.php?threadid=480522   (2876 words)

  
 HappyHippo.com
Deviousness and treachery are the most often used tools in the struggle to control Dune, but few have used them with such success as the late Padishah Emperor Frederick IV, ruler of the known universe.
The emperor's plan of playing the major and minor houses against each other -- from the noble House Atreides to the brutish House Harkonnen -- as they competed for mining rights on Arrakis was nearly successful.
Emperor is a good Real-Time Strategy for beginers all the way up to expert RTS'ers.
www.happyhippo.com /article.php?sid=32   (1010 words)

  
 A Class Apart: A Kyle MacLachlan aficionados page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Plot: Political ripples are caused when the Padishah Emperor takes ownership of the planet Arrakis from the House of Harkonnen and gives it to their bitter enemies the Atreides family.
Arrakis or 'Dune' is a desert planet and source of the all-important drug melange or 'spice', which is used by the Guild Navigators to warp space and travel from world to world.
But the move is only a ruse and the Emperor sends his personal army to help the Harkonnens wipe out the Atreides.
www.aclassapart.org /press/1990/1990_sfreview.shtml   (1650 words)

  
 Card Background
The Emperor doesn't look kindly upon those who blow their opponent to smithereens with big bombs.
Padishah Emperor, their will to fight was fueled by their love for their
The Emperor's Sardaukar are some of the Imperium's most deadly fighters, trained on the planet Salusa Secundus, a planet very much like Arrakis.
www.geocities.com /sherlockazulu/cback.htm   (1258 words)

  
 dune
The second half of the film is what leads to its possible failure, as it veers away from the novel and turns into a Flash Gordon-type action vehicle that never answers the many questions that arise from the story; but, it, at least, comes to some kind of temporary solution to the main plot point.
The emperor gets his marching orders from a floating beast (Paul Smith) who resembles a vagina, as the beast tells him in no uncertain terms what he must do.
The Padishah emperor causes a situation of political intrigue when he takes control of the planet Arrakis from the House of Harkonnen and gives it to their arch enemies, the Atreides family.
www.sover.net /~ozus/dune.htm   (829 words)

  
 The Landsraad
In the year 6041, before the reign of the Padishah Emperors, the universe was ruled by thinking machines with human minds, computers and conscious robots.
The CHOAM Company is controlled by the Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV and the great houses of the Lansaraad, with The Guild and Bene Gesserit as silent partners.
The Emperor, fearful of the Duke's increasing popularity among the great houses of the Landsraad, has conspired with the Duke's mortal enemies, the Harkonnens, to destroy the House of Atreides.
groups.msn.com /TheLandsraad/prologue.msnw   (941 words)

  
 Emperor Shaddam Corrino IV - Frank Herbert Dune
Padishah Emperor Shaddam Corrino IV is the ruler at the start of the Dune series.
But the Emperor's hair was red, not fl, and most of that hair was concealed by a Buseg's ebon helmet with the Imperial crest in gold upon its crown."
The Emperor thinks his power is absolute and has troubles coming to grips with the Guild telling him what to do - and an upstart from a desert planet threatening his control.
www.lisashea.com /hobbies/dune/ppl/shaddam.html   (409 words)

  
 [DuneIII Logs] Court on New Adrianopolis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
She stands a step behind the Empress and two behind the Emperor as rank dictates, and she is also silent.
To the right of both Emperor and Empress, at the very side of the action, is the Imperial Swordmaster.
We have looked upon the greatness of the Padishah Emperor, and he has graced us not only with his words, but with an heir this day.
listserver.dreamhost.com /pipermail/logs-dune3.net/2003-June/000706.html   (4371 words)

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