Reception organized in March 1940 by the Alaweyyeen Club in Cairo to welcome Prince Ali son of the Sultan of Lahj Abdelkarim Bin Fadl. The Sultanate of Lahj is now part of Yemen.
Individuals identified by Eltaher in the photograph: Seated from right to left: Kamel Kilani, famous Egyptian children books author – Eltaher - Mirza Mahdi Rafie Meshki, Dean of the Iranian community in Egypt – The guest Prince Ali Abdelkarim - Sheikh Ali Sourour Al-Zankalouni - Abdallah Al-Jeffry, Advisor to the Sultans of Lahj.
Standing: Sheikh Mohamed Saleh Al-Masmari from Yemen (executed by Imam Ahmad, ruler of Yemen) – Sheikh Jalal Al-Hanafi poet and clergyman from Iraq, and future Arabic language instructor at the University of Beijing – Sheikh Mohamed Mahmoud Al-Sawwaf from Iraq – Sheikh Youssef Al-Mash-hadi, Egyptian Sheikh of Palestinian origin – Algerian nationalist Al-Fodayyel Al-Wartalani – Ahmad Hussein, Egyptian nationalist, publisher of “Misr Al-Fatat” newspaper and leader of the Egyptian Socialist Party – The others are not identified.
