Mariam Bint Salem: Death of former ruler’s wife


Issue 1080 - 10 May 2019 | 1 minute read

Sharjah declared three days of official mourning starting on 8 May, following the death a day earlier of Sheikha Mariam Bint Salem Al-Suwaidi, wife of Ruler Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammed Al-Qasimi’s late father. Funeral prayers were held after Isha prayer at King Faisal Mosque in Sharjah on the day she died, led by Sheikh Sultan. Sheikha Mariam’s body was then laid to rest in Al-Jubail cemetery.

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