# Poor Abdullah — The Mercy of Allah character guide

> Poor Abdullah in The Mercy of Allah by Hilaire Belloc.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Abdullah

**First appearance:** 0004-iii-al-tawajin-or-the-pipkins

## Snapshot

Abdullah belongs to the world of small men ground down by circumstance, the sort of victim Mahmoud's schemes inevitably produce.

## Who they are

Abdullah belongs to the world of small men ground down by circumstance, the sort of victim Mahmoud's schemes inevitably produce. His poverty stands in stark contrast to the merchant's million dinars and to the nephews' comfortable semicircle, making visible the human cost of every fortune built at another's expense. His presence keeps the tale from becoming mere comedy, anchoring it in the ordinary suffering that the Mercy of Allah is asked to explain.

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