ARABIAN GRANDEUR.—Structures of this grandeur surprise visitors to the arid, inhospitable desert country at the foot of the Arabian Peninsula. The palace at Saiun in the Hadhramaut is the home of Sultan Hussein bin Ali Monsour Alketiri and his slaves and past and present wives. The picture is one of the many magnificent impressions of an unfamiliar part of the world in Jorgen Bisch’s “Behind the Veil of Arabia,” published by Allen and Unwin.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30064, 23 February 1963, Page 3
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74ARABIAN GRANDEUR.—Structures of this grandeur surprise visitors to the arid, inhospitable desert country at the foot of the Arabian Peninsula. The palace at Saiun in the Hadhramaut is the home of Sultan Hussein bin Ali Monsour Alketiri and his slaves and past and present wives. The picture is one of the many magnificent impressions of an unfamiliar part of the world in Jorgen Bisch’s “Behind the Veil of Arabia,” published by Allen and Unwin. Press, Volume CII, Issue 30064, 23 February 1963, Page 3
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