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Memoirs of an Arabian Princess from Zanzibar

Memoirs of an Arabian Princess from Zanzibar

By: Emily Ruete, Sayyida Prin. of Zanzibar

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Return to an era when Zanzibar was ruled by sultans, and enter a vanished world of harems, slave trading, and court intrigues. In this insider's story, a sultan's daughter who fled her gilded cage offers a compelling look at nineteenth-century Arabic and African royal life. After years of exile in Europe, the former princess wrote this fascinating memoir as a legacy for her children and a warm reminiscence of her island home.
Born Salamah bint Said, Princess of Zanzibar, in 1844, author Emily Ruete grew up in a harem with scores of siblings. The royal family maintained its fabulous wealth and luxury with a robust traffic in ivory, spices, and human bondage. Ruete ventures beyond the palace, into the city and plantations where European traders, missionaries, and colonists exercised a growing influence. After her dramatic elopement with a German trader, Ruete attained the perspective to form a comparison of the lives of women in Muslim society with those of their European contemporaries. Originally published in 1886, this remarkable autobiography will captivate readers interested in Zanzibar and Eastern Africa as well as students of Arabic, Islam, and women's studies.

Reprint of the Doubleday, New York, 1907 edition.
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ISBN 100486471217
ISBN 139780486471211
Author/EditorEmily Ruete, Sayyida Prin. of Zanzibar
FormatBook
Page Count288
Dimensions5 1/2 x 8 1/2

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