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001 2009042845
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008 091009s2010 nyu b 001 0ceng
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100 1 $aBird, Christiane.
245 14 $aThe Sultan's shadow :$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 00 $aSaʻīd bin Sulṭān,$cSultan of Zanzibar,$d1791-1856.
651 0 $aOman$xKings and rulers$vBiography.
600 10 $aRuete, Emilie,$d1844-1924.
650 0 $aPrincesses$zOman$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.
650 0 $aSlave trade$zArab countries$xHistory$y19th century.