The exact nature of the mukâṭaʿa depended on the proportion of the revenues that the holder remitted to the treasury and the proportion he retained for himself.
Perhaps even the distance he retained between himself and the party was calculated - his colleague Pascual Jordan was probably the most distinguished founder of quantum mechanics not to receive a Nobel Prize, possibly because he was an enthusiastic Nazi.
From fairly early on, at the advice of a lawyer he retained to defend himself, Bailey refused to answer reporters' inquiries, and many may have read that refusal to respond as evidence of guilt.
He was 39 when his autobiographical account of being a drug addict in New York and New Orleans, Junkies, was published in 1953 under the pseudonym 'William Lee' (a name he retained when referring to himself in his later work).
In 1351, Sir William Douglas gave the lands of Aberdour to his nephew, Sir James Douglas of Dalkeith, although he retained the castle for himself until his death two years later.
'He's given himself a hell of a job.' He retained the title.
Trump would help himself, perhaps even get the nomination, if he retained his most intense critics among seasoned political strategists and incentivized candor.
He retained many of Bush's top military brass, and even Bush's Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who himself had served as a CIA director for Bush's father.
Westwood, like everyone else in golf, is hugely impressed by Woods's achievements but, unlike some who appear to have conceded defeat, he retains a belief in himself.
Although he will not be able to attend the concert himself, he retains strong feelings about his days as an American student: "My years in Boston and New York have been the happiest years in my life".
