Ibrahim (Cat Among the Pigeons)

In the novel Cat Among the Pigeons, Emir Ibrahim is the uncle of Princess Shaista of Ramat. After the death of Ali Yusuf, the sheikh of Ramat, Shaista and other relatives of the royal family such as Emir Ibrahim were watched by the sheikh's enemies. They wanted to discover and intercept a pouch of jewels which they suspected the shiekh had somehow managed to send out of the country.

Partway through the term at Meadowbank, the Emir, who has a reputation of never declaring his plans in advance, called the school to say that he had arrived in London from Egypt and was at the Claridges. He asked to take his niece Shaista out to dinner. Miss Bulstrode agreed, although Shaista appeared annoyed by the arrangement because she felt that her uncle was boring. Nonetheless a car was sent for Shaista. Shaista boarded the car but never arrived at the Claridges.