If April acquired control over the core, it could be paid for protecting it.
The Sayyids thus earned the offices of vizier and chief bakhshī and acquired control over the affairs of state.
Well-connected types, Mr Fox finds, can acquire control over swathes of land thanks to their political connections.
Their tentative agreement calls for the consortium to pay more than $800 million to acquire control over all three companies, including Hyundai Securities, Hyundai Investment Trust and Securities and Hyundai Investment Trust Management.
In general, he argues that the more difficult it is to acquire control over a state, the easier it is to hold on to it.
In the 14th century, German Hanseatic merchants acquired control over the city's trade; their influence in a weakened Norway lasted into the 17th century.
It was led by a dynast, Inaros, who acquired control over the delta and was supported by Athenian forces against the Persians.
It grew onerous in India as the East India Company acquired control over the eastern provinces of Bengal and Bihar, and as extortionate British demands for revenue forced Indian landholders and peasants into debt and destitution.
The Spanish conquest of the Americas sparked a theological, political, and ethical debate about the use of military force to acquire control over foreign lands.
In a deal that severs a long-running and contentious marriage of real estate convenience, Vornado Realty Trust has acquired control over two major office buildings from a group of Hong Kong investors that have been feuding with Donald Trump, who retains a limited-partnership interest in the deal.
