Dr Khalid Sheldrake , the son of an English pickle manufacturer , whose wife lives at Forest Hill , London , has been elected to the throne of the Chinese province of Sinkiang . Dr Sheldrake who now becomes the ruler of a State with many millions of people , has renamed the province Islamestan . The chiefs of the country begged him to take the throne while he was on a missionary visit to the territory , which is on the borders of Russia , Afghanistan and India . Dr Sheldrake intends to modernise his realms by the introduction of British methods and machinery . Mrs Sheldrake who now becomes a Queen will travel to Islamestan with her two sons for the coronation . Photo shows : Dr Khalid Sheldrake . 12 March 1934