Our Friend Jafar

By Nicholas Foster

A short account of how British officials at the consulates in Tripoli, and Alexandria in 1826-7 tried to exploit their chance contact with Jafar, the son of the Sultan of Wadai (in Chad) to open up political and trade opportunities for Britain in Central Africa. But who was Jafar, and what did happen to him?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Nicholas Foster
• Release date: Jun 18, 2022
• ISBN: 9781005302481

Nicholas Foster

I have published ten small books of ghost stories on Smashwords; 'Four Ghost Stories' (The Rustling of Silk, The Comrades, Joining the Dance, Ghosts in the Machine), 'Four More Ghost Stories' (Mr Westgrove, The Ghosts Within, A Sound of Singing, The Final Page), 'The Consul from Tunis', 'The Ghostwriter', 'The Ragged Girl', 'Close to the Wall', 'The Hand of Justice', 'Stavrakis', 'On the Bridge' and 'The Ice House'. Many of the stories draw on places where I've lived and worked. All the characters are fictitious, even the ghosts, except for those who have walked out of the pages of History. All my books are available for free download on Smashwords. A collected print version, 'The Consul from Tunis: and other ghost stories' is available as a paperback from Amazon.

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