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100 1 _aBird, Christiane.
245 1 4 _aThe Sultan's shadow :
_bone family's rule at the crossroads of East and West /
_cChristiane Bird.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bRandom House,
_cc2010.
300 _axxii, 374 p. ;
_c25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [359]-364) and index.
505 0 _apt. 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.
520 _aOman'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.
600 0 0 _aSaʻīd bin Sulṭān,
_cSultan of Zanzibar,
_d1791-1856.
600 1 0 _aRuete, Emilie,
_d1844-1924.
650 0 _aPrincesses
_zOman
_vBiography.
650 0 _aSlave trade
_zArab countries
_xHistory
_y19th century.
651 0 _aOman
_xKings and rulers
_vBiography.
651 0 _aOman
_xRelations
_zAfrica, East.
651 0 _aAfrica, East
_xRelations
_zOman.
651 0 _aOman
_xRelations
_zGermany.
651 0 _aGermany
_xRelations
_zOman.
651 0 _aZanzibar
_xHistory
_y19th century.
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