| The word jubilee is derived from the Hebrew yobel, | | | | Karachi on 3rd February, 1954 in presence of 50,000 |
| meaning ram’s horn. In the ancient time, the | | | | Ismailis. |
| jubilee was announced by the blowing of the shofar, | | | | The Imam appeared in a ceremonial high-walled black |
| a trumpet of ram’s horn, and as a result, the | | | | cap, a white tunic and a brown, embroidered robe. |
| occasion came to be known as yobel, or jubilee. The | | | | Sitting between Mata Salamat Umm Habibeh and his |
| Arabic word for jubilee is also yobel, and Turkish | | | | own wife, the Prime Minister Mohammad Ali recorded |
| ellinci. Jubilee is a momentous occasion, denoting the | | | | the whole ceremony with his 3-D camera, frequently |
| celebration of a period of time, anniversary or other | | | | shooting back at the photographers. After the |
| special occasions. | | | | recitation of the Holy Koran, the Imam rose and |
| Platinum is a soft, ductile and silver-white metallic | | | | raised his hands in prayer before resuming his seat. |
| element. The Spanish scientist Antonio de Ulloa | | | | The afternoon sun was blazing down and a servant |
| discovered it in gold-bearing deposits in Columbia in | | | | of the Governor General’s household was holding |
| 1735. The English chemist William Wollaston first | | | | a sunshade over the Imam. |
| obtained pure platinum in 1803; and was also the first | | | | Platinum is a costly metal and the Imam did not like |
| to devise a way to produce platinum in a workable | | | | to spent more funds in its purchasing, and insisted to |
| form suitable for commercial purposes. South Africa, | | | | use the platinum only tenth part of his weight. |
| Russia and Canada produce almost all of the | | | | According to the adjustment of the scale, one ounce |
| world’s output of platinum. Its production began | | | | of platinum was to indicate a weight of 14 ratls. |
| about in 1925, but it began to be used for jewelry in | | | | Thus, Wazir Ibrahim Manji, the President of Platinum |
| significant amounts in 1905. World production of | | | | Jubilee Association began to place the pieces of |
| platinum increased strongly in 1960 and in the | | | | platinum one after another and the scale showed the |
| beginning of 1970, reaching 2 million troy ounces (62 | | | | weight of the Imam for 215 ratls, to which about 15 |
| tons) per year. Since then, production has been | | | | ounces platinum were used. The whole ceremony |
| spurred by greater demand for platinum. | | | | ended within ten minutes. The sum gifted to the |
| To mark the completion of his seventy years of | | | | Imam was returned to his followers to set up |
| Imamate, the Ismailis decided to weigh the Imam in | | | | Finance and Investment Corporation. |
| platinum. The Platinum Jubilee was celebrated in | | | | |