Bibi Fatima and the King’s Sons

105 commander of the King’s forces, she knew nothing about him except that he was living in Arabia as one of the king’s vassals following the king’s orders. He was not there when Hormuz fell to the hands of its occupiers. Later on, it was found out that he used to be called the revolutionary and for a while, he was called Ruler of Arabia, but this did not last for long, as all the Arabian chiefs rejected him. * In September 1623, the commander Rui Freire de Andrade regained Sahar, and appointed Prince Muhammad Shah son of Turan Shah, as Judge of Sahar. Ten years later, king Muhammad Shah Abunasser was released. He came out of prison a broken man. His eyesight was failing, but, as he walked out, he could faintly see the image of a woman standing as proud as a mountain at the prison door. She looked more like a ghost. He said to himself: “Who is this? Who?” “Habiba Nuruddin! Habiba Fatima! Bibi Fatima!” he exclaimed.

RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTg0NzAy