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He would return, and eventually take his father's place, in time to bring the Caliphate into the Terran Federation when the general war came. HE WOULD RETURN AND EVENTUALLY TAKE HIS FATHER'S PLACE IN TIME TO BRING THE CALIPHATE INTO THE TERRAN FEDERATION WHEN THE GENERAL WAR CAME
nd Venus. There had been the time he'd mentioned the secession of Canada from the British Commonwealth, and the time he'd called the U. N. the Terran Federation. And the time he'd tried to get a copy of Franchard's _Rise and Decline of the System States_, which wouldn't be published until the Twenty-eighth Century, out of the college library. None of those had drawn much comment, beyond a few student jokes about the history professor who lived in the future instead of the past. Now, however, they'd all be remembered, raked up, exaggerated, and added to what had happened this morning. He sighed and sat down at Marjorie's typewriter and began transcribing his notes. Assassination of Khalid ib'n Hussein, the pro-Western leader of the newly formed Islamic Caliphate; period of anarchy in the Middle East; interfactional power-struggles; Turkish intervention. He wondered how long that would last; Khalid's son, Tallal ib'n Khalid, was at school in England when his father was--would be--killed. E HAD ALLUDED TO THE COLONIES ON MARS AND VENUS THERE HAD BEEN THE TIME HE'D MENTIONED THE SECESSION OF CANADA FROM THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AND THE TIME HE'D CALLED THE U N THE TERRAN FEDERATION IN THE TIME HE TRIED TO GET A COPY OF FRENCH ARTS RISE AND DECLINE OF THE SYSTEM STATES WHICH WOULDN'T BE PUBLISHED UNTIL THE TWENTY EIGHTH CENTURY OUT OF THE COLLEGE LIBRARY NONE OF THOSE HAD DRAWN MUCH COMMENT BEYOND A FEW STUDENT JOKES ABOUT THE HISTORY PROFESSOR WHO LIVED IN THE FUTURE INSTEAD OF THE PAST NOW HOWEVER THEY'D ALL BE REMEMBERED RAKED UP EXAGGERATED AND ADDED TO WHAT HAD HAPPENED THIS MORNING HE SAW AND SAT DOWN AT MARJORIE'S TYPEWRITER AND BEGAN TRANSCRIBING HIS NOTES ASSASSINATION OF KALLID IBEN WAS SANG THE PRO WESTERN LEADER OF THE NEWLY FORMED ISLAMIC CALIPHATE PERIOD OF ANARCHY IN THE MIDDLE EAST INTERFACTIONAL POWER STRUGGLES TURKISH INTERVENTION HE WONDERED HOW LONG THAT WOULD LAST KHALI'S SON TELA IBEN HALID WAS AT SCHOOL IN ENGLAND WHEN HIS FATHER WAS WOULD BE KILLED
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