The white Shaikh /
By: Al Qasimi, Sultan Bin Mohammed, ruler of Shariqah, 1939-
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BookPublisher: Sharjah, UAE : Dar al Khalij lil-Sahafa, c2006.Description: 77 p. : ill. map ; 21 cm.Other title: Al-Shaykh al-abyad. English.Subject(s): Poll, Johannes Herman -- 1796- | Sailors -- Massachusetts -- Salem -- Biography | Arabia, Southern -- History -- 19th century
Summary:
The white Sjaikh is a story which took place at the beginning of the 19th century. In writing it did not confine myself to the documents and books in my posession but paid a visit to salem in United States and saw the old city - Johannes Poll township. I also invited the Peabody Museum and the Essex Institute in Salem. In the East I search for the descendants of Johannes Poll in Dhofar and came upon Sayyid Abdul Khaliq bin Salmin bin Rabi, the son of the well-known lady in Dhofar, Harir, who was the daughter of Abdullah bin Mohammad, Johannes Poll: her mother was Brikun, whom her father married towards the end of his life.
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| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 956 AL WH (Browse shelf) | Available | T0038411 |
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Includes reference. Modern Arabic novel based on a true story.
The white Sjaikh is a story which took place at the beginning of the 19th century. In writing it did not confine myself to the documents and books in my posession but paid a visit to salem in United States and saw the old city - Johannes Poll township. I also invited the Peabody Museum and the Essex Institute in Salem. In the East I search for the descendants of Johannes Poll in Dhofar and came upon Sayyid Abdul Khaliq bin Salmin bin Rabi, the son of the well-known lady in Dhofar, Harir, who was the daughter of Abdullah bin Mohammad, Johannes Poll: her mother was Brikun, whom her father married towards the end of his life.