AQP releases English version of “The Sultans of Kilwa”

After the wide spread of the novel in its Arabic language in online version, which reached more than 95000 readers in the first days of its launch, "Al Qasimi Publications" issued a translation of this novel into English in order to provide the opportunity to read it on a wider scale.

The 114-page novel contains eleven chapters and an appendix, a genealogical chain of the Sultans of Kilwa and dozens of Arabic and foreign sources and references.

His Highness was able, after verification and accurate scientific documentation, to remove and solve the confusion of an unknown and unknown shadow for decades about the history of Kiloh and based his study on the manuscript known as "The Book of Salwa in the History of Kilwa" and all that was written concerning it, besides the documents and manuscripts in the possession of His Highness concerning the genealogy and history of Persia, ancient and Portuguese documents, and other references and sources.

In the introduction to the book, His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah said: "It is a true historical novel that I wrote based on the manuscript of Salwa’s Book of Kilwa’s history. The authors and historians were from the coastal lands, which is the region currently known as the State of Kenya and the State of Tanzania, for what they know about me because I possess many manuscripts and documents, British and Portuguese. When I decided to write the history of East Africa, I contacted the British Library in London and acquired from it a photocopy of the manuscript known as the Book of Salwa in the History of Kilwa. I started studying that manuscript as well as studying everything written about that manuscript by Arab and foreign historians. Those who were unable to explain what was written in that manuscript as the matter became confusing for them."