Tho latest bride of King Ibu Sand, of Saudi Arabia, daughter of Emir Nawaf El Shaalan, 'paramount, sheik of tho llualla tribe, who was married by proxy at Damascus, may never see her lord and master. Her name was not given, an indication by Islamic custom that she was a spinster/ She will enter the harem of the 50-year-I old King, reputed, to consist of more than 100 wives’. In marrying Shaalan’s daughter, King Ibn Sand contracted a diplomatic alliance. The. sheik rules a vast tribe of nomads, roaming the whole length of Wadi Sirhan. Therefore his friendship is of vital importance to the King’s desert policy, which aims' at tribal security.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 12876, 1 June 1936, Page 3
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