THE OLDEST MAN
AN AFGHAN'S CLAIM
CALCUTTA, sth November.
The claim, of Zara Aga, the Turk, to be the oldest man in the world because he was born in 1775, is challenged by an Afghan.
Syed Mohammed, living at Jalalabad, annou'nees that he has just celebrated his 200 th birthday.
The International cable news appearing in this issue is published by arrangement with the Australian Press Association and the "Sun/! "Herald,1? News Office, Limited.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 122, 19 November 1932, Page 13
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74THE OLDEST MAN Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 122, 19 November 1932, Page 13
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