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The Road to Baghdad on a Desert Ship
On the Orizaba Camilla Dean, meeting Joseph Asad and Michael Gay, learns Barker plans to take a secret voyage to Bagdad. A knife attack on Barker disrupts dinner as Ayub, a Turkish crewman, is seized. Barker reveals his danger and intent to vanish in Alexandria while Camilla weighs Asad’s marriage offer and political aims.
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Orizaba
Camilla Dean
Joseph Asad
Michael Gay
Damascus
Bagdad
Ronald Barker
Alexandria
Camilla
Barker
Kazemain
Asad
Serrano
Ayub
Simpson
England
Ayab
Mohammed Ali
Mahmoud Daoud
Palestine
Syria
Joe
Haroun-al-Rashid
Osman
Osman Khali
Jerusalem
Mrs. Trimble
Josie Holloway
Piraeus
Mr. Barker
Daoud
Cairo
el Kerak
Hassan Isar
Arif-el-Arif
Lebanon Mountains
Hasisan Isar
Joseph
Asia
Arabia
Mahmoud