The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · Character
Arabah
Also known as the blind Arabah
- Supporting
- First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 224
There's a quiet dignity in the way he moves through the world despite his blindness, his staff tapping against walls as he navigates by touch and memory. His generosity seems to flow from some deep well that blindness has not touched.
- Gender
- male
- Age
- Adult (age not specified)
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 224
- Books
- 1
Arabah appears as an example of profound Arabian generosity, offering his slaves to be sold for charity despite his own blindness. When the transaction is complete, he pushes them away and continues alone, groping along the wall with his staff as his only guide.
Description
An elderly blind Arab man with weathered dark skin and empty eyes, wearing simple desert robes. He carries a wooden staff for guidance and moves with the careful dignity of one who has learned to navigate by touch and memory.
Story so far
BOOK 1The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire / Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes)
Appearances
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