DEATH OF A SHEIK
LONDON, February 0. The aged Sheik Dhari Aldhasir, who had been sentenced to penal servitude for life, died of heart failure after one day’s imprisonment, telegraphs the Bagdad correspondent of the Times. The shick was sentenced for the murder of Colonel Leachman, British political officer, in the desert in 1920.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6538, 21 February 1928, Page 10
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54DEATH OF A SHEIK Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6538, 21 February 1928, Page 10
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