الدرويش الصغير.. أسطورة طفل سوداني كرمه الجيش البريطاني!!!

Quote: Slavery was still part of life in Sudan in the 1860s when Abdullah, 13, went fishing by a river with his sister, 12. Their father was a wealthy landowner and the children believed they were safe on his estate. But slave traders dragged them screaming into their boats. "The father and his people gave chase on horseback. The horses collapsed, they were riding so hard. It was too far. It was the north of Sudan. They took them to a port in Cyprus, probably Larnaca, and sold them at auction," said Hussein-Ece. Although Abdullah took care of his younger sister on the ship, they were separated at the slave auction and lost touch. Abdullah, who was a tall and striking lad, was purchased for a high price by a wealthy Greek-Cypriot trader who soon entrusted his slave with taking camel trains and horses around the island trading goods. But the trader was a Christian and was adamant that his new slave should convert from Islam. He tried to force him to give up his faith, hanging him upside down in the heat from a tree all day, but he failed to convert him. The slave was later sold to a Turkish trader who accepted his faith and treated him well.