The Most Successful Pirate That Ever Infested Any Sea
Rahmah ibn Jabir terrorised the Persian Gulf for forty years. Blind, partially crippled and surrounded in 1826, he took his young son below decks and lit the powder.
19th century
Articles set in the 19th century, outside the British and French period tags.
The Queen Who Served Justice in a Nutshell
Under Queen Ranavalona I, guilt and innocence in Madagascar were decided by swallowing a deadly nut. Tens of thousands died, many of them willing participants.