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Iraki Princess
Brothers Oppose Marriage
LONDON, Nov. 7.
When Piincess Sara of Iiak carne to England 'evcnl months ago with the late King Fclsal hei brother and tra- velling foi the first time unveiled she met Atta Bey Amin then the first secretarj of the Iraki legation in London and she and Atti Bey fell in love They vveie man led at Constantinople on September 9 and then returned to England
The marrlige roused the iic of the
I Princess s familj among whom it has
been the custom for geneiations to marry
I cousins Accordingly her biothers in Ivoked the povvci of Islam to have their I sister s morganatic union dcclaicd void
I Atta Bey insists upon the observance of the letter of the Islamic law that a member of her family must come to take the Piincess He would then tike her to the door and say three times I divorce you Then the mairiage would
end
The couple aie living in a privite hotel ยก in London and they await the envoy It
is not known when he will arrive |