ACROSS THE DESERT BY CAR
ARABIA'S MODERN MONARCH. (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) Baghdad, February 10. “The ship of the desert” is the latest means of transport to succumb to this mechanical age. The Arabian King, Ibn Saud, accompanied by 700 armed followers, has arrived on the shores of the Persian Gulf to pay a friendly visit to the Shiekh of Koweit. Such a crossing of the desert in the old days would have required 1000 camels. The up-to-date King Ibn Saud utilized a fleet of 200 hired motor cars.
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Southland Times, Issue 22813, 12 February 1936, Page 7
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