An article written about the history of Siddiqui and Saudi Aribia:
With Saudi Arabia opening a liquor store for the first time since 1952, we take a look at the ‘Blue Flame’ manual, which kept oil men making Siddiqui liquor underground for years.
On 16 November 1951, British vice-consul Cyril Ousman was hosting a party with friends at his house in Jeddah, on Saudi Arabia‘s west coast.
One of these guests was 19-year-old Prince Mishari bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, son of King Abdulaziz, who had founded the kingdom just 22 years earlier.
According to eyewitnesses, the young prince became severely drunk and began making advances on a female guest. Eventually, Ousman expelled Mishari from the party.
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By Alex MacDonald.
