That Which That Orphan Saw
That Which That Orphan Saw (
Narrative
The first part of That Which That Orphan Saw starts with a dream of
Abdul-Muttalib wished to have many sons in order to protect himself from the invasions. When his dream comes true, he decides to sacrifice one of his sons based on his covenant with God. His dearest son,
The priestess tells them to choose the sacrifice between Abdullah and certain number of camels by chance and increase the number of the camels by ten if Abdullah is chosen firstly. "Repeat this up to the time the camels are chosen", the priestess says. Abdul-Muttalib acts on the recommendation of the priestess and finally kills 300 camels and Abdullah survives. Abdullah marries a woman and she gives birth to a son, Muhammad. He moves towards Sham and becomes sick and dies near Yathrib.
Release
The book was translated to English by James C. Klark.[1] The book has also been published in Urdu, Arabic, and Turkish.[5] The 8th reprinting was published in May 2013.[6]
See also
- One Woman's War: Da (Mother)
- Noureddin, Son of Iran
- Fortune Told in Blood
- Journey to Heading 270 Degrees
- Baba Nazar (book)
References
- ^ a b "That Which That Orphan Saw". Amazon. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
- ^ "That Which That Orphan Saw in Amazon". Tasnim. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ^ Staff writer(s). "That Which That Orphan Saw". Sureye Mehr Publication. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
- ^ Staff writer(s). "The idea for writing "from the light land"". Official website of Khamnenei (in Persian). Retrieved 5 July 2014.
- ^ "دوست دارم چهار جلد رمانم با موضوع تاريخ ايران ترجمه شوند". Ibna. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ^ "یتیم نظرکرده در آمازون، دست خدا در تهران". khabaronline.ir (in Persian). Retrieved 11 August 2015.