Memoirs of an Arabian Princess from Zanzibar

Klappentext This 19th-century autobiography offers a rare inside look at the society surrounding a sultan's palace. A real-life princess in exile recalls her vanished world of harems, slave trading, and court intrigues. Inhaltsverzeichnis AUTHENTICITY OF THESE MEMOIRSPREFACEFAMILY HISTORYBET IL WATOROBET IL SAHELFURTHER REMINISCENCES OF CHILDHOODNATIONAL SINGULARITIESCEREMONIES FOR NEWLY BORNSCHOOLFEMALE FASHIONSTHE SULTAN'S VOYAGE TO OMANDEATH OF SEYYID SAÏDTHE POSITION OF WOMAN IN THE EASTARABIAN SUITORSHIP AND MARRIAGESOCIAL CUSTOMSMAHOMETAN FESTIVALSMEDICAL TREATMENTSLAVERYHISTORY OF A DYNASTIC PLOTTERM OF RURAL RESIDENCEELOPEMENT FROM ZANZIBARENGLISH DIPLOMACYVISIT TO THE OLD HOME

Product details

• Authors: Emilie Ruete, Emily Ruete
• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2009
• EAN: 9780486471211
• ISBN: 978-0-486-47121-1
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 215 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies