AN ARABIAN ABDUCTION.
The sensational abduction of the daughter of a Sheikh by another Sheikh, and the subsequent rescue by the father, is reported from Cairo. Sheikh Ali Joussef, the proprietor and editor of a native journal, fell in love with the daughter of Sheikh El Sad'dab. The girl's father, who is the sole living descendant of the prophet Mahomet, refused his consent to the marriage, as he did not think Ali Joussef was a fit person to be the husband of a girl of such noble lineage. Ali Joussef, however, abducted the girl and placed her in his harem. Her fathei appealed to the Egyptian Government, with the result that a detachment of armed police ■was despatched to Ali Joussef's harem to demand the restitution of the girl. Their request being refused, the police made a forcible entry to the premises, and, in order to be sure that thej had taken, possession of the person wanted, they ordered all the fair denizens of the harem, together with their attendants and servants, to follow them in a veiled procession. to the house of Sheikh El Saddat, where his daughter was finally selected from the rest of the women and detained. Ali Joussef has now, it is said, commenced proceedings before the British authorities, and has obtained the service^ of an. EuaJisk lawyer,'
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Evening Post, Volume LXVIII, Issue 98, 22 October 1904, Page 13
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222AN ARABIAN ABDUCTION. Evening Post, Volume LXVIII, Issue 98, 22 October 1904, Page 13
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