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Emily Ruete – A Princess caught between two worlds (Part two)

December 22, 2020 Moniek Bloks 0

Read part one here. Emily spent many happy hours in the countryside, but she longed to see the sea and set about leasing a plantation by the sea called Bububu. She took many of her animals with her and was often visited by family there. However, her joy did not last long as Madjid requested [read more]

Emily Ruete – A Princess caught between two worlds (Part one)

December 21, 2020 Moniek Bloks 0

Emily Ruete was born 30 August 1844 as Salama bint Said as the youngest daughter of Sayyid Said bin Sultan Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar and Oman and Jilfidan, a concubine. She was born in the Bet il Mtoni palace, five miles from the city of Zanzibar, and she would spend the first seven years of [read more]