WHITE GIRL SLAVE BOUGHT BY GERMAN.
DIPLOMAT SAVES HER FROM AWFUL LIFE OF SERVITUDE IN INDIAN HOUSEHOLD. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.—Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn. (Received January 14, 9.5 a.m.) BERLIN, January 14. The Government has just purchased a pretty Berlin girl, who was a slave at Kabul of an Afghan tobacco merchant. Abdulla Khan married her in Berlin in 1921 and, during the financial boom decided to return home, taking his wife. They uved happily until the husband died, whereupon the girl was informed that, according to the laws of the Afridi tribe, she was her husband’s property and therefore passed, together with his belongings, to his brother. The latter was willing to marry r' r1 ’ but the Widow objected and, in accordance with his rights, the brother-in-law sent her to the slave market. In order to rescue her from her fate, the German diplomatic representative purchased her.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18055, 15 January 1927, Page 1
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148WHITE GIRL SLAVE BOUGHT BY GERMAN. Star (Christchurch), Issue 18055, 15 January 1927, Page 1
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