# Saïd the Fisherman — Character guide

> Key figures in Saïd the Fisherman by Marmaduke Pickthall.

- [Saïd the Fisherman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sa_d_the_fisherman_se/characters/said_the_fisherman.md): Saïd rises from poverty to a great palace and wealth, hugging himself as the cleverest man alive, yet his triumph rests on a secret he cannot confess. He keeps Hasneh in confinement and refuses her pleas, while Ferideh's
- [Hasneh](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sa_d_the_fisherman_se/characters/hasneh.md): Hasneh endures durance in Saïd's household, permitted out only to work, and begs endlessly for a single minute of her lord's attention. Her distress is the one discordant note in his self-satisfied happiness, and though 
- [Ferideh](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sa_d_the_fisherman_se/characters/ferideh.md): Ferideh moves through the house with easy authority, coaxing Saïd down from his rooftop reveries with food and the cry of his child. She alone is privy to the secret of his treasure, and she offers to keep vigil in his p
- [Mahmud Effendi](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sa_d_the_fisherman_se/characters/mahmud_effendi.md): Mahmud Effendi embodies the city's opinion, warm when Saïd is pitied and cold when he is suspected. His averted face in the street measures how far Saïd has fallen in the eyes of respectable men. His shift from ally to s
- [Old Mustafa](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sa_d_the_fisherman_se/characters/old_mustafa.md): Old Mustafa raised Saïd as his own, and his death in the chaos of the great slaughter becomes the seed of the rumor that undoes his adopted son. The old man's memory surfaces in the streets as accusation, and the revelat
- [Abdullah abu Azìz](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sa_d_the_fisherman_se/characters/abdullah_abu_aziz.md): Abdullah sits at his threshold with a narghileh, consulted as an oracle by the drivers who take his stolid face for wisdom. When Saïd comes ruined and desperate, Abdullah diagnoses a spiteful devil and advises flight to 
- [Nûr](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sa_d_the_fisherman_se/characters/nur.md): Nûr belongs to the domestic order of Saïd's palace — the older female voice that remembers who he was before fortune remade him. She is the kind of figure who measures a man by his conduct rather than his wealth, and her
- [Abu Khalìl](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sa_d_the_fisherman_se/characters/abu_khalil.md): A named character, likely a merchant or local figure in the story.
- [Suleyman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sa_d_the_fisherman_se/characters/suleyman.md): A character with a name suggesting wisdom or royalty, possibly a judge or elder.
- [Camr-ud-dìn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sa_d_the_fisherman_se/characters/camr_ud_din.md): A named character, possibly involved in the political or social plot.
- [Selìm](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sa_d_the_fisherman_se/characters/selim.md): A character, possibly a servant or companion, with a distinct presence.
- [Ismaìl Abbâs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sa_d_the_fisherman_se/characters/ismail_abbas.md): A historical or political figure referenced within the narrative.
- [Mûsa](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sa_d_the_fisherman_se/characters/musa.md): A character named after Moses, possibly a religious or symbolic figure.
- [Ahmed Pasha](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sa_d_the_fisherman_se/characters/ahmed_pasha.md): A high-ranking official or military leader in the story.
- [Muhammed abu Hassan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sa_d_the_fisherman_se/characters/muhammed_abu_hassan.md): A character with a compound name, possibly a local notable.
- [Yuhanna the Christian](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sa_d_the_fisherman_se/characters/yuhanna_the_christian.md): A Christian character, possibly a merchant or craftsman.
- [Cassim](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sa_d_the_fisherman_se/characters/cassim.md): A named character, possibly a friend or acquaintance of the protagonist.
- [Farûn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sa_d_the_fisherman_se/characters/farun.md): A named character, possibly a historical or legendary reference.
- [Rashìd](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sa_d_the_fisherman_se/characters/rashid.md): A character, possibly a guide or local informant.
- [The old beggar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sa_d_the_fisherman_se/characters/the_old_beggar.md): A recurring beggar who may have a hidden significance.
- [The officer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sa_d_the_fisherman_se/characters/the_officer.md): A military or police officer who interacts with the main characters.
- [The servant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sa_d_the_fisherman_se/characters/the_servant.md): A generic servant in a household, but with a distinct role in a scene.
- [The Franks](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sa_d_the_fisherman_se/characters/the_franks.md): A group of Europeans, possibly merchants or travelers.

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