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The last king of Xinjiang: how Bertram Sheldrake went from condiment heir to Muslim monarch – SCMP Weekend Magazine

Posted: March 6th, 2019 | No Comments »

I wrote a piece about the South London pickled onions heir & convert to Islam Bertram Sheldrake, who was, briefly in the 1930s, the King of Xinjiang…

https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2188216/last-king-xinjiang-how-bertram-sheldrake-went



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