Record Number: 33482
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Raguana who, apart from Fatima, had the most outstanding personality in the harem. She was taller than most Hadhrami women, with a good figure and the striking looks of a film star, which she might well have been had she grown up in another environment for she also had a most compelling, deep voice. As the only one in the harem who could read we often listened entranced while she spoke the words of the Quran.
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Dec 1934 and 31 Dec 1934
Country:Yemen
Timen/a
Place:city: Tarim
county: Kathiri State of Seiyun
specific address: Palace of Seiyid Bubakr al Kaf
location in dwelling: Harem (women's quarters)
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Listener: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:24 Jan 1906
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Wife of the British political agent of Aden and daughter of the Liberal Home Secretary, Edward Shortt
Writer, traveller, Arabist, and aide to the political agent in Aden
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Yemen
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Qu'ran
Genre:Other religious, The Qu'ran
Form of Text:Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:33482
Source:Doreen Ingrams
Editor:n/a
Title:A Time in Arabia: Life in Hadhramaut
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:2013
Vol:n/a
Page:26
Additional Comments:
Pagination is from the 2013 new edition. First publication in London by John Murray, 1970
Citation:
Doreen Ingrams, A Time in Arabia: Life in Hadhramaut, (London, 2013), p. 26, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33482, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
Doreen Constance Ingrams nee Shortt (1906-1997) visited Sheik Seiyid Bubakr al Kaf's palace in Tarim in the Kathiri State of Seiyun (now politically in Yemen) during December 1934 (Islamic month of Ramadhan). The Kathiri State of Seiyun was a British protectorate until abolition in 1967 under the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen administration (1967-1990).