Abu-Seif: Äventyrsroman från Röda Havet och Mekka
By Karl May (translated by Kurt Lange)
Cover: Leaving the Oasis by Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Kara Ben Nemsi and his loyal servant Hadschi Halef Omar sail the Red Sea and fall foul of Abu-Seif, a pirate who preys on its coasts, an adventure that takes them toward the forbidden city of Mecca. A Karl May adventure in Kurt Lange's Swedish translation, full of captures, escapes and desert chases. This book uses the racial and other slurs of its period as written; the Book Guide explains these words where they occur.
Summary written with Claude Opus 5.5.