The day the sultan was absent, the women were determined to have a little enjoyment from our presence themselves, so a great many servants came bringing the sultan's ten-year-old daughter sheikha, a rather pretty little girl, with long earrings all round her ears, which, like all the other women's, hang forward like fringed bells.
"Southern Arabia"
Theodore Bent Mabel Bent
I gladly departed and gave sheikha afterwards two sovereigns for her necklace.
"Southern Arabia"
Theodore Bent Mabel Bent