The Sultan's shadow : one family's rule at the crossroads of East and West / Christiane Bird.
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TextPublisher: New York : Random House, c2010Edition: 1st edDescription: xxii, 374 p. ; 25 cmISBN: 9780345469403 (alk. paper); 0345469402 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Saʻīd bin Sulṭān, Sultan of Zanzibar, 1791-1856 | Ruete, Emilie, 1844-1924 | Princesses -- Oman -- Biography | Slave trade -- Arab countries -- History -- 19th century | Oman -- Kings and rulers -- Biography | Oman -- Relations -- Africa, East | Africa, East -- Relations -- Oman | Oman -- Relations -- Germany | Germany -- Relations -- Oman | Zanzibar -- History -- 19th centuryDDC classification: 953.53 | B LOC classification: DS247.O66 | B57 2010| Item type | Current location | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [359]-364) and index.
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.
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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