The Archive · 1935

KING OF HEJAZ MARRIES FOURTH WIFE

Damascus, Oct, 1 Jon Sand, King of Hejaz, yesterday married, as his fourth wife, the Gaughter of Sheik Nala el Shollak, Who osides at Damascus. The King himself did not attend the wedding ceremony, at which he was represented -by forty sheiks. Coa siderable Importance is ascribed here to the marriage from a political polar fof view, since it is believed that the ow union will greatly increase Ibn Saud's influence inthe northern Hejaz.—Trans-Ocean Kuo Min,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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