Prince Jawamie
Prince Jawamie (/dʒʌ ˈwɑ mi/, Nemedic: [ˌjhǝ ˈwam jaʊ]; 2 Hocalta 1725 – 4 Hane 1798), formal name Jawamie bin Khaltat al Manziljadid, was a Nemedian adventurer, author and libertine from Adatenesis. Although he styled himself “Emir” it is doubtful he ever legitimately held that title. His autobiography, which he called Χαηατη αλ Μγχαμαρα (My Adventurous Life), has been extremely popular throughout the world since its publication in 1791, and remains in print today.
He is remembered for his many complicated love affairs with women from all levels of society, each of them described with exquisite detail in his memoir. If he is to be believed, his physical prowess was deserving of its legendary status and his amorous encounters were truly exceptional, both in quantity and quality.
During his life he associated with royalty, influential artists and renowned composers. He was also known to disguise himself as a commoner, assuming fictitious names to go into the lowest parts of a city to find the pleasures he sought. So ingrained in the popular consciousness is the story of Prince Jawamie that his name has become synonymous with “womanizer.”
At the age of nine he was sent to be cared for by relatives in the seaside town of Qatae Tariq. There he demonstrated a quick and clever mind, and a voracious appetite for knowledge. He was admitted to the university in Adatenesis at the age of 13, but quickly accumulated an enormous gambling debt, which led to his dismissal.
Upon returning to Qatae Tariq, he ingratiated himself with a wealthy 77-year-old merchant named Makram Khalid Naaji, who soon became his patron. Naaji taught young Jawamie about fine food and wine, how to dress, and the manners of an aristocrat. He was forced to leave Naaji's house when at the age of 17 he was caught dallying with his patron’s niece.
Throughout his life, Prince Jawamie worked as a legal clerk, received a commission in the military, became a professional gambler, performed as a concert musician, served as secretary to an Ambassador and librarian to a Sultan, and impersonated a wide variety of wealthy and noble individuals along the way. Everywhere he went, scandal followed as he pursued his professed life’s avocation of seducing as many women as humanly possible. He was imprisoned on at least seven occasions, escaping every time.
Prince Jawamie spent his last years “bored and frustrated” working as the librarian to the Sultan of Najrayadh. It was during this time that he penned his extensive memoirs. His autobiography was first published in Nemedic in 1791. A Kiltic translation was published in 1801 and became an instant commercial success. It has remained continuously in print to the present day.
He is remembered for his many complicated love affairs with women from all levels of society, each of them described with exquisite detail in his memoir. If he is to be believed, his physical prowess was deserving of its legendary status and his amorous encounters were truly exceptional, both in quantity and quality.
During his life he associated with royalty, influential artists and renowned composers. He was also known to disguise himself as a commoner, assuming fictitious names to go into the lowest parts of a city to find the pleasures he sought. So ingrained in the popular consciousness is the story of Prince Jawamie that his name has become synonymous with “womanizer.”
Biography
According to his memoir, "Emir" Jawamie bin Khaltat al Manziljadid was born in 1725 in the palace of the Caliph of Nemed in Adatenesis. His mother was a palace courtesan and his father was a minor member of the royal family. He claims to have been the first of 17 children, and to have been raised by the place staff.1At the age of nine he was sent to be cared for by relatives in the seaside town of Qatae Tariq. There he demonstrated a quick and clever mind, and a voracious appetite for knowledge. He was admitted to the university in Adatenesis at the age of 13, but quickly accumulated an enormous gambling debt, which led to his dismissal.
Upon returning to Qatae Tariq, he ingratiated himself with a wealthy 77-year-old merchant named Makram Khalid Naaji, who soon became his patron. Naaji taught young Jawamie about fine food and wine, how to dress, and the manners of an aristocrat. He was forced to leave Naaji's house when at the age of 17 he was caught dallying with his patron’s niece.
Throughout his life, Prince Jawamie worked as a legal clerk, received a commission in the military, became a professional gambler, performed as a concert musician, served as secretary to an Ambassador and librarian to a Sultan, and impersonated a wide variety of wealthy and noble individuals along the way. Everywhere he went, scandal followed as he pursued his professed life’s avocation of seducing as many women as humanly possible. He was imprisoned on at least seven occasions, escaping every time.
Prince Jawamie spent his last years “bored and frustrated” working as the librarian to the Sultan of Najrayadh. It was during this time that he penned his extensive memoirs. His autobiography was first published in Nemedic in 1791. A Kiltic translation was published in 1801 and became an instant commercial success. It has remained continuously in print to the present day.
Popular Culture
The story of Prince Jawamie was fictionalized in the 1857 novel The Sheik, by E. M. Howell, which became an instant best seller. The story was adapted to the cinema with the release of a silent film version in 1921 and the more recent full-sound release in 1948, starring Lorcan Oilibhéar. In modern slang parlance, a “sheik” is defined as “a type of strong romantic lover; a lady-killer.”__________________________________________________
1 Most Historians doubt this assertion, suggesting instead he was born in the town of Tanodiq in the eastern region of al Nakhla.
1 Most Historians doubt this assertion, suggesting instead he was born in the town of Tanodiq in the eastern region of al Nakhla.
by Nathaniel Hone the Younger
Born:
2 Hocalta 1725
Probably Tanodiq, al Nakhla, Nemed
Probably Tanodiq, al Nakhla, Nemed
Died:
4 Hane 1798
Azalmarit, Najrayadh, Nemed
Azalmarit, Najrayadh, Nemed
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