A lean, sun-blackened Nile captain in his fifties, bare-chested under a striped galabiya, with a grey-stubbled jaw and a permanent squint from forty years on the river's glare.
Description
A lean, sun-blackened Nile captain in his fifties, bare-chested under a striped galabiya, with a grey-stubbled jaw and a permanent squint from forty years on the river’s glare. Calm, unhurried, sparing with words. Reads the wind and the shoals like print. Steers his dahabiya — the Bint al-Nil (“Daughter of the Nile”), a lateen-rigged river barge with a small cabin aft — from the same tiller his father held.
Background
Born and based at Rosetta (Rashid), where the Nile meets the sea. Runs cargo and passengers up to Bulaq, the port of Cairo, and back. Known on the waterfront as honest, cautious, and slow to anger — which is exactly why Capitaine Thibault names him to the party (see Locanda del Leone).
Connections
- The recommended captain for the Rosetta → Bulaq Nile leg. A warm handoff from Capitaine Thibault at the Locanda del Leone.
Appearances
Connections
People
Knows
- Capitaine Thibault NPC warmThibault names him as a trustworthy reis for the Rosetta-to-Bulaq run
Trusted by
- Yaqub ben Ezra NPC warmKeeps a banker's web of news; can vouch for honest boatmen on the river
Places
Located at
- Rashid Location neutralCurrent location