Author: Emilie RuetePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arabian Peninsula
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
An Arabian Princess Between Two Worlds
Author: Sayyida SalmePublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004508791
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
Princess Salme, daughter of Sa‘id ibn Sultan, ruler of Oman and Zanzibar, was born in Zanzibar on August 30, 1844. In 1866 she fled to Aden where she was baptized with the Christian name Emily and where she married the German merchant Rudolph Heinrich Ruete. In Hamburg three children were born. Her husband died in 1870, and after that she lived in several cities in Germany. In 1885 and again in 1888 she went to Zanzibar. Between 1889 and 1914 she lived in Jaffa and Beirut, and afterwards again in Germany. She died in Jena in 1924. The present work contains a short biography of Princess Salme/Emily Ruete and of her son Rudolph Said-Ruete, a new English translation of her Memoirs, and an English version of her other writings, unpublished so far: Letters Home, Sequels to the Memoirs and Syrian Customs and Usages.
Author: Michael William Werner Said-Ruete BauerThe Sultan's Shadow
Author: Christiane BirdPublisher: Random House Incorporated
ISBN: 0345469402
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
A dramatic account of the slave trade in the early 19th century Indian Ocean is presented through the stories of the Omani Sultan Said and his daughter, Princess Salme, offering insight into the Arabian Peninsula kingdom's lucrative growth and ties to America.
Author: Emilie RueteMemoirs of an Arabian Princess from Zanzibar
Author: Emilie RuetePublisher: Markus Wiener Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Emily Ruete was born in 1840 as Princess Sayyida of Zanzibar. Set against a backdrop of political intrigue in the great age of European colonialism, this memoir offers a portrait of 19th-century Arab and African life, not only in the palace, but in the city and plantations as well.
Memoirs of an Arabian Princess from Zanzibar
Author: Emily RuetePublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1365759407
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Emily Ruete was born in Zanzibar (in modern day Tanzania) as Sayyida Salme, Princess of Zanzibar and Oman. She was the youngest of the 36 children of Sayyid Said bin Sultan Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar and Oman. Her extraordinary life story is the subject of Memoirs of an Arabian Princess from Zanzibar.
Revolution In Zanzibar
Author: Donald PettersonPublisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 0786747641
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
The Cold War exploded in Zanzibar in 1964 when African rebels slaughtered one of every ten Arabs. Led by a strange, messianic Ugandan, Cuban-trained factions headed the rebels, making Zanzibar (in the eyes of Washington) a potentially cancerous base for the communist subversion of mainland Africa. Exotic Zanzibar -- fabled island of spices, former slave-trading entrept, and stepping-off point for 19th century expeditions into the vast interior of the Dark Continent -- had succumbed to the terror of 20th century revolution and Cold War intrigue. In the vivid, eyewitness tradition of The Bang Bang Club and The Skull beneath the Skin , Donald Petterson weaves an engrossing tale of human drama played out against a background of violence and horror. As the only American in Zanzibar throughout the revolution, Petterson reports with the inside authority of a highly placed diplomatic observer, illuminating how the current troubles in Zanzibar are rooted in the Cold War and the revolution of 1964.
Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia
Author: M. E. Hume-GriffithPublisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
"Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia: An Account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence Amongst the Women of the East" by M. E. Hume-Griffith and A. Hume-Griffith is the detailed account of two doctors' mission to Persia and Turkey. Written as a travelogue, the book shows an appreciation for this exotic and fascinating culture while also framing the differences with the European customs of the book's audience.
Author: David George Hogarth