The Sultan's shadow : one family's rule at the crossroads of East and West
Title:
The Sultan's shadow : one family's rule at the crossroads of East and West
Author:
Publication Date as Range:
2010
ISBN:
9780345469403
Edition:
First edition
Publication Information:
New York : Random House, c2010.
Physical Description:
xxii, 374 pages : map ; 25 cm.
Contents:
pt. 1: Oman. Beginnings -- Muscat -- Slavery -- The Portuguese invasion -- The Al Busaids come to power -- War with the Wahhabis -- Seyyid Said in Muscat -- pt. 2: Zanzibar. A princess is born -- Clove fever -- The move to town -- On the streets -- A day in the life -- Gatherings -- The slave trade -- Americans in Zanzibar -- The Swahili -- Seyyid Said's last journey -- The explorers -- Rebellion -- Elopement -- pt. 3: Germany and Africa. Hamburg -- Alone -- Changes -- Tippu Tip -- Dr. Livingstone -- Stanley meets Tippu Tip -- Seyyid Barghash -- Endings.
Abstract:
Oman's Sultan Said and his rebellious daughter Princess Salme--comes to life in this compelling narrative. Sultan Said and his descendants were shadowed and all but shattered by the rise and fall of East Africa's nineteenth-century slave trade.
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