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Gikk som føljetong 31.10.1956 - 1.1.1958. Utgitt som eget album i 1958.
Karakterer som er med (engelsk): Tintin, Captain Haddock, Milou, general Alcazar, Abdallah, Nestor, Dupond, Dupont, professor Kalkyl, Dawson, emir Ben Khalish Ezab, Oliveira de Figueira, Bab el Her, Rastapopoulos (as markis di Gorgonzola), Pjotr Szut, Bianca Castafiore, Allan, Serafim Svensson Mull Pascha.
The narrative follows the young reporter Tintin, his dog Snowy, and his friend Captain Haddock as they travel to the (fictional) Middle Eastern kingdom of Khemed with the intention of aiding the Emir Ben Khalish Ezab in regaining control after a coup d'état by his enemies, led by his nemesis Sheikh Bab El Her, who are financed by slave traders.
In the city of Wadesdah they meet an old friend, the Portuguese merchant Oliveira da Figueira, who helps them on horseback to the Emir's hideout. The Emir reveal that there is an ongoing slave trade through Khemed that is operated by the international businessman the Marquis di Gorgonzola, who falsely offers transport to African Muslims on the pilgrimage to Mecca and then sells them into slavery. Tintin, Haddock and Snowy leave for the Red Sea coast and board a sambuk for Mecca. Di Gorgonzola turns out to be another of Tintin's old adversaries, Roberto Rastapopoulos. |