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Britain but found little interest. He continued to raise funds for new mosques and Muslim charities. He travelled in north Africa and central Europe, and served his family business by buying sour pickles in
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HĂ´tel. Despite
Chinese police surveillance an ETR delegation visited Sheldrake at the hĂ´tel and repeated their offer to make him their head of state. Sheldrake accepted the title of "His Majesty King Khalid of Islamestan".
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In 1933, Sheldrake welcomed an ETR delegation to his home in Forest Hill and accepted their invitation to become overlord of "Sinkiang", soon after he departed for China. En route, he visited Muslim communities in the
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Sheldrake married a woman called Sybil, who converted to Islam and changed her name to Ghazia. They had two sons. They made their family home in suburban
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reporter that he had been offered kingship of
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manufacturer of southeast London. Sheldrake was raised a
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manufacturer and philanthropist who later converted to
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303:First East Turkestan Republic
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261:. Gladys was the daughter of
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314:Afghanistan
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217:Southfields
213:Fazl Mosque
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151:Warlord era
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249:, wife of
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143:Islamestan
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231:in 1930.
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