Saparmurad Niyazov, dictator of Turkmenistan who nicknamed himself "Serdar Turkmenbashi" meaning "Great Leader of all Turkmen", died unexpectedly this week. He leaves a legacy of having renamed the months and days of the week in narcissistic fashion. January was named Turkmenbashi after himself. April was renamed Gurbansoltan after his mother. September was renamed Ruhnama, the title of a book he wrote. After giving up smoking in 1997 he made it illegal to smoke in public and required all of his fellow smoking ministers to give up the butt. He also, more inexplicably, outlawed beards.