An Arabian Princess Between Two Worlds: Memoirs, Letters Home, Sequels to the Memoirs, Syrian Customs and Usages

by Sayyida Salme and Emily Ruete

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004096159
• ISBN13: 9789004096158
• Release Date: December 1992
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 564 Pages
• Weight: 2.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.6"