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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....

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Main Authors: Salme, Sayyida (Author), Ruete, Emily (Author)

Other Authors: Donzel, E.J. van (Editor)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 1992.

Series: Arab History and Civilization.

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Journeys > letters.

Princesses > Muslim women > life stories > Tanzania > Zanzibar > Germany > 19th century > 20th century.

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