At the time, Kerman was held by the rebellious sons of Shuja al-Saltana, a pretender to the Qajar throne.

It entailed the recruitment of clerical scholars from Mercia, Wales and abroad to enhance the tenor of the court and of the episcopacy ; the establishment of a court school to educate his own children, the sons of his nobles, and intellectually promising boys of lesser birth ; an attempt to require literacy in those who held offices of authority ; a series of translations into the vernacular of Latin works the king deemed " most necessary for all men to know "; the compilation of a chronicle detailing the rise of Alfred's kingdom and house ; and the issuance of a law code that presented the West Saxons as a new people of Israel and their king as a just and divinely inspired law-giver.

His sons claimed various parts of his empire: az-Zahir took control of Aleppo, al-Aziz Uthman held Cairo, while his eldest son, al-Afdal, retained Damascus.

In medieval Christianity, Noah's three sons were generally considered as the founders of the populations of the three known continents, Japheth / Europe, Shem / Asia, and Ham / Africa, although a rarer variation held that they represented the three classes of medieval society – the priests ( Shem ), the warriors ( Japheth ), and the peasants ( Ham ).

In 1216 Llywelyn the Great of Gwynedd held a council at Aberdyfi where he allocated parts of Deheubarth to several sons and grandsons of Rhys.

William supported Malcolm's son Duncan II, who held power for a short time, and then another of Malcolm's sons, Edgar.

In 1184, he had held a massive celebration when his two eldest sons were knighted, and where thousands of knights were invited from all over Europe.

Queen Emma still held out against Cnut in London, but it was finally agreed that her sons should go to live in Normandy and she would marry Cnut.

The title and anomaly survived presumably because it was already co-regally held by the king's sons.

In 855, the emperor Lothair died, and Louis and Charles for a time seem to have cooperated in plans to divide Lothair's possessions among themselves — the only impediments to this being Lothair's sons: Lothair II ( who received Lotharingia ), Louis II ( who held the imperial title and the Iron Crown ), and the aforementioned Charles.

Muhammad, who had fought bravely, weakly ordered his sons to surrender the fortresses they still held, in order to save his own life.

Of the two elder sons Robert was considered to be much the weaker and was generally preferred by the nobles who held lands on both sides of the English Channel since they could more easily circumvent his authority.

When his sons Isildur and Anárion landed in Middle-earth after the drowning of Númenor, they were welcomed by the colonists and their claim of lordship was accepted, while Elendil was held to be the High King of all lands of the Dúnedain.

In the ensuing evacuation of his court to the Netherlands, Maximilian Emanuel's family became separated and his sons were held prisoners for several years in Austria, Klemens August being brought up by Jesuits.

There was little difference apparently, in the esteem in which he held his wife and his slaves ; his pride alone induced him to take a warmer interest in his sons, Marcus Porcius Cato Licinianus and Marcus Porcius Cato Salonianus.

In 865, Louis was obliged by the dissidence of his sons to provide for the eventual division of his territories: Carloman was promised the kingdom of Bavaria ( which Louis himself had once held under his father ), together with the Ostmark ; Louis the Younger was promised Saxony, together with Franconia and Thuringia ; Charles the Fat was promised Swabia, together with Rhaetia.

King Hussein's funeral was held on 8 February 1999 in the presence of all five of his sons, foreign dignitaries and statesmen, and an estimated 800, 000 Jordanians.

Hreidmar and his remaining two sons then seized the gods and held them captive while Loki was made to gather the ransom, which was to stuff the otter ’ s skin with gold and cover its outside with red gold.

Mrs. Carter, her daughter Allie and two sons remained in the home, and Mrs. Carter became the Holly Hill postmistress October 29, 1877, and held the post for 30 years.

Born in London and descended from an old Norfolk family, Gresham was one of two sons and two daughters of Sir Richard Gresham, a leading London merchant, who for some time held the office of Lord Mayor, and who for his services as agent of Henry VIII in negotiating loans with foreign merchants received the honour of knighthood.

) This applies both in all-female lines, such as the Rain Queen in Africa, and when a throne is held by males, but inherited by the son of the sister of a prior King ( so that the maternal grandmother of the King in one generation is the mother of the King in the previous generation ), not by the sons of Kings ( except in cases of incest ).

Two of his sons, Robert and Baldwin, in turn held the throne of the Latin Empire.

The couple had two sons ; the elder son, Ryo ( 1885 – 1969 ), succeeded his father as the second Marquess Togo in 1934 and held the title until the kazoku was abolished in 1947.

The Popery Act ( Penal Law ) of 1704 required land held ( typically in tenancy ) by Roman Catholics to be divided equally between all the sons, both legitimate and illegitimate, on his death.

In two generations during the latter half of the 15th century, the nine Thott brothers, also known as " Axelssöner ", and additionally some sons of Aage, a senior in the brotherly brood, held high and mighty positions just when Denmark and Sweden were opposing nations, however trying to preserve their own family's position and often act in concert.

The sons were said to have become kings: Iocastus of the region in southern Italy as far as Rhegium ; Pheraemon and Androcles of the part of Sicily between the Strait of Messina and Lilybaeum ; Xuthus of Leontini ; Agathyrnus of what was known as Agathyrnitis, having founded Agathyrnum ; and Astyochus of Lipara.

The Göktürks, under the leadership of Bumin Qaghan ( d. 552 ) and his sons, succeeded the Rouran as the main power in the region and took hold of the lucrative Silk Road trade.

These sons were each worshiped within a specific region.

Charlemagne's intention was to see all his sons brought up as natives of their given territories, wearing the national costume of the region and ruling by the local customs.

In the Book of Jubilees, when the world was divided among Noah's sons and grandsons, Madai initially received the region east of " Lud " ( Lydia ) and north of Tubal ( Tabal, corresponding to Lycia and western Pamphylia ).

However, Madai then decided he didn't like the area and asked the sons of Shem to let him resettle in Medea, which was in their region.

Henry II planned to divide his and his wife's territories between their sons, of which there were three at the time ; Henry would become King of England and have control of Anjou, Maine, and Normandy, while Richard would inherit Aquitaine from his mother and become Count of Poitiers, and Geoffrey would get Brittany through marriage alliance with Constance, the heiress to the region.

According to Armenian tradition, Dr. Hales is quoted saying, " To the sons of Shem was alloted the middle region of the earth viz., Palestine, Syria, Assyria, Samaria ( Shinar?

Near the end of Charlemagne's reign ( and throughout the reigns of his sons and grandsons ), a string of Norse raids began, culminating in a gradual Scandinavian conquest and settlement of the region now known as Normandy.

His two sons, Andriamanetiarivo and Andriamandisoarivo, extended gains further up to the Tsongay region ( now Mahajanga ).

What we can properly regard as the more permanent and enduring colonization of this region began about 1833 when Kentucky and Tennessee sent their sons into the wilderness to open up the country near the confluence of the James and White rivers.

Two of their sons ( out of six children ) are most famous for their photography documenting the early timber works in the region.

He owned most of the land in the region before dividing it among his sons.

The eldest son, Amlaith, claimed Kingship over all Arnor but was reduced to only ruling the region of Arthedain as his kingdom, while the other sons founded the kingdoms of Cardolan and Rhudaur.

Being of significant means he paid for all of his sons to receive the best education the region had to offer.

This type of familial break between father and sons ( and then between sons ) was historically how tribes proliferated throughout the southern African region.

The Torah states that Asher had four sons and one daughter, who were born in Canaan and migrated with him to Egypt, with their descendants remaining there until the Exodus ; this seems to be partly contradicted by Egyptian records ( assuming a late Exodus date ), according to which a group named Aseru, a name from which Asher is probably derived, were, in the 14th century BC, living in a similar region to Asher's traditional territory, in Canaan.

The Conradines, counts in the Franconian Lahngau region, had been loyal supporters of the Carolingians ; they competed vigorously for predominance in Franconia with the sons of the Babenberg duke Henry of Franconia at Bamberg Castle.

In effect, this banned the practice by which younger sons of noble families would be appointed to a bishopric or other high church position and live off of its revenues without even moving to the region in question and taking up the duties of the office.

A year later the sons of Demetrio, George and Basil along with other Albanians were settled in four villages in the region of Sicily.

Kyide Nyigön's eldest son became ruler of the Mar-yul Ladakh region, and his two younger sons ruled western Tibet, founding the Kingdom of Guge and Pu-hrang.

According to 9th century monk and chronicler Nennius, north Wales was now defenseless and subject to increasing raids by mauraders from Mann and Ireland, a situation which led Cunedda, his sons and their entourage, to migrate in the mid-5th century from Manaw Gododdin ( Lothian, in modern Scotland ) to settle and defend north Wales against the raiders and bring the region within Romano-British control.

Probably celebrated for his strength, courage, and ability to rally the beleaguered Romano-British forces of the region, he eventually secured a politically advantageous marriage to Gwawl, daughter of Coel Hen, the Romano-British ruler of Eboracum ( modern York ), and is claimed to have had nine sons.

The college was initially built to educate the sons of local miners and mill workers that lived in the Northeastern Pennsylvania region.