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The Memoirs of AGA KHAN : WORLD ENOUGH AND TIME

BY HIS HIGHNESS THE AGA KHAN, P.C., G.C.S.I., G.C.V.O., G.C.I.E.

1954, Simon and Schuster, New York

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CONTENTS

PREFACE BY W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Part One: CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH

I A Bridge Across the Years 3
II Islam, the Religion of My Ancestors 8
III Boyhood in India 32
IV I Visit the Western World 55

Part Two: YOUNG MANHOOD

V Monarchs, Diplomats and Politicians 85
VI The Edwardian Era Begins 98
VIII Czarist Russia 148
VIII The First World War161

Part Three: THE MIDDLE YEARS

IX The End of the Ottoman Empire 179
X A Respite from Public Life 204
XI Foreshadowings of Self-Government in India 218
XII Policies and Personalities at the League of Nations 248

Part Four: A NEW ERA

XIII The Second World War 289
XIV Post-war Years with Friends and Family 327
XV People I Have Known 336
XVI Toward the Future 347

INDEX 357