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The True Sultan of Swat, Babe Ruth Was Not
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Who or why, or which, of what,
Is the Akhund of Swat?
Is he tall or short, or dark or fair?
Does he sit on a stool or a sofa or chair, or squat,
The Akhund of Swat . . . ?
Edward Lear, 19th century
It may come as a shock for generations of American baseball fans,
but Babe Ruth was not the Sultan of Swat, or at least not the real
sultan of the real Swat.
Surrounded by rugged mountain peaks far higher than any of the
majestic clouts off the Babe's bat, the real Swat, here in the
frontier of northern Pakistan, is a fertile valley fed by icy-cold
streams that tumble down between valleys of ...
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