Emily Ruete publishes Memoirs of an Arabian Princess

Background. Emily Ruete, born Salme bint Said Sultan, was a Princess of Zanzibar and Oman. She wrote her memoirs, Memoiren einer arabischen Prinzessin, partly to alleviate economic problems. The work was published in the German Empire in 1886. It was subsequently translated into English and published as Memoirs of an Arabian Princess: An Autobiography in 1888.

Publication Details. The memoir was first published in the German Empire in 1886 by publisher H. It was translated into English shortly afterwards and published in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1888. The English title was Memoirs of an Arabian Princess: An Autobiography.

Later Editions. In 1993, a new English translation expanded with memoirs and letters was published as An Arabian Princess Between Two Worlds. In 2022, a translation by Ruete's great-great-granddaughter, Andrea Emily Stumpf, was released as a series of five books, titled Memoirs of an Arabian Princess: An Accurate Translation of Her Authentic Voice.