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Kara Ben Nemsi

Kara Ben Nemsi
قره بن نمسي
First appearanceGiölgeda padiśhanün (1881)
Last appearanceArdistan und Dschinnistan II (1909)
Created byKarl May
In-universe information
GenderMale
NationalityGerman

Kara Ben Nemsi is a fictional main character from the works of Karl May, best-selling 19th century German author. An alter ego of May, the stories about Nemsi are written as first-person narratives. He travels across North Africa, Sudan, and the Ottoman Empire including various parts of the Middle East and the Balkans with his friend and servant Hadschi Halef Omar.

Nemsi shares his two famous rifles with Old Shatterhand, another fictional alter ego of May, the Bärentöter (Bear Killer) and the Henrystutzen (Henry Carbine). He rides the famed black horse Rih (from Arabic رِيح rīḥ meaning "wind").


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