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050	0	0	_aDT310.2 _b.S527 2006
082	0	0	_a964 SHA
100	1		_aShah, Tahir
245	1	4	_aThe Caliph's house _c/ Tahir Shah
260			_aNew York _b: Bantam Books _c, 2007, c2006.
300			_a349 p. _b: ill. _c; 22 cm.
500			_aSubtitle on jacket : a year in Casablanca.
520			_a"When Tahir Shah decided to follow his dream of buying and restoring a vast crumbling ruin of a palace in the Moroccan city of Casablanca, he soon learned that he and his family had bought a great deal more than they'd bargained for. For one thing, Dar Khalifa, or the Caliph's House, came equipped with three guardians inherited from the previous owner. But that wasn't all. In Morocco, an empty house attracts jinns - invisible, often mischievous, sometimes malign spirits - and Dark Khalifa seemed to have attracted more than its fair share." "In The Caliph's House, Shah tells the story of his family's first year in Casablanca, of their tumultuous time learning Moroccan ways, renovating the house, and exorcizing its jinns. Shah's search for the craftsmen, artisans and array of other people and things needed to put the house in order leads him out into this exotic, mysterious kingdom, to Tangier, Fez, Marrakech, the High Atlas mountains and the Sahara. It also sends him on another journey - in the footsteps of a grandfather he never really knew."--BOOK JACKET.
600	1	0	_aShah, Tahir
650		0	_aTravel writers _x--Morocco _z--Biography
651		0	_aMorocco _x--Social life and customs
651		4	_aMorocco _x--Description and travel
651		4	_aCasablanca (Morocco) _x--Description and travel
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