Alexander had courted Ammon.
Jarir of another branch of the Bani Tamim lived in Irak and courted the favour of Hajjaj, its governor.
Meanwhile political students find to their satisfaction that he never courted popularity, and never practised the art of working for "quick returns" of sympathy or applause.
He was now an old man of seventy-seven years, honoured with the friendship of princes, recognized as the most distinguished of Italian humanists, courted by pontiffs, and decorated with the laurel wreath and the order of knighthood by kings.
During the French wars of aggression the Luneburg princes were eagerly courted by Louis XIV.
