Desperate for money to maintain a lavish court, ________ borrowed large sums from Russian, British, and French banks.

A. the Empress Dowager Cixi
B. Tsar Nicholas II
C. Sultan Abd al-Hamid
D. Muzzafir al-Din Shah


Answer: D

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