Emir Ali, Governor of Medina and eldest son of King Hussein of Hedjas, is reported by “Mokattam”, a local Arab newspaper, to be dangerously wounded. Emir Ali is said to have sustained serious wounds which may result in his death, in an encounter between Hedjas Arabs and a Wahabis tribe in the neighborhood of Median Saleh. Emir Aeli, is the successor to the throne of Mecca,
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