HONOUR FOR ISLAND SHEIK
* KNIGHT COMMANDER OF INDIAN EMPIRE • ■ (BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS.) RUGBY, June 14. The Sheik of the Bahrein Islands, a group of islands in the Persian Gulf, which are under British protection, accompanied by his two sons, will arrive in England to-mor-row. For a fortnight he will be the guest of the British Government. During this time he will be invested by the King with the insignia of Knight Commander of the Indian Empire, an honour which was conferred upon him in 1935. The Sheik, who has been the ruler of the Bahrein Islands since 1923, visited England unofficially in 1925. He will meet the Secretary of State for India (the Marquess of Zetland) at the India Office on Monday, and during his stay he will pay visits to the fleet at Portsmouth, to the Royal Military College at Sandhurst, to the Royal Air Force display at Hendon and to the Aldershot Tattoo. In addition, he will attend the Trooping of the Colour on June 23. Arrangements have also been made for him to see over the liner Queen Mary.
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21810, 16 June 1936, Page 11
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