The Sultan's Carpet
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Riad Dar Lalla Zineb, Marrakech medina, 5:40 am. At the first call to prayer, Othmane Alaoui, the owner of the riad, found the salon wall empty: the Sultan's Carpet, a 17th-century Saadian piece, was gone.
The carpet was in place at midnight, when Othmane turned off the salon lights. The street door stayed locked all night, and the key slept in his pocket.
Three people dined under this roof last night and knew what that carpet was worth. One of them took it off the wall.
The riad's courtyard, a zellige tile fountain, orange trees in pots, mint tea cooling in the glasses.
Suspects
Driss BennaniAntiques dealer from the souk, 58
Othmane AlaouiOwner of the riad, 45
Béatrice MorelFrench collector, guest, 52
Case glossary
Words from this case you might not know.
- riad
- A traditional Moroccan house built around an inner courtyard or garden, often now run as a guesthouse.
- medina
- The old walled quarter of a North African city, with narrow streets and markets.
- souk
- A traditional covered market in the Arab world, divided into lanes of shops by trade.
- Saadian
- Relating to the Saadi dynasty, which ruled Morocco in the 16th and 17th centuries, known for refined arts.
- zellige
- Moroccan mosaic of small hand-cut glazed tiles set in geometric patterns.
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