Defying these timidities, Sadat ordered a full state funeral for Pahlavi in what he called a demonstration of the Islamic virtues of friendship and hospitality. Similarly, he had welcomed the shah and his family last March, despite protests from Moslem leaders here and abroad, and provided him with the best medical care Egypt had to offer until his death Sunday morning from complications arising from a six-year bout with lymphatic cancer.
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