# Sultan Bali — Topsy-Turvy character guide

> Sultan Bali in Topsy-Turvy by Jules Verne.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Sultan, Bali

**First appearance:** 0016-what-had-been-done-at-kilimanjaro-during-eight-month-of-this-memorable-year

## Who they are

Sultan of Wamasai in Africa, involved in the later polar expedition events.

## Relationships

### [President Barbicane](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/topsy_turvy_se/characters/president_barbicane)

_professional_

Barbicane negotiates and collaborates with Sultan Bali on the massive engineering project to alter the Earth's axis, maintaining a formal businesslike relationship.

### [J. T. Maston](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/topsy_turvy_se/characters/j_t_maston)

_professional_

Maston interacts with Sultan Bali as a technical envoy, conveying the Gun Club's plans and requirements.

## In the story

### [Very Short, but in Which "X" Takes a Geographical Value](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/topsy_turvy_se/chapters/very-short-but-in-which-x-takes-a-geographical-value)

Sultan Bali-Bali is mentioned as the authority under whom the works are being executed.

### [What Had Been Done at Kilimanjaro During Eight Month of This Memorable Year](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/topsy_turvy_se/chapters/what-had-been-done-at-kilimanjaro-during-eight-month-of-this-memorable-year)

The ruler of Wamasai who provided workers and land for the project in exchange for $300,000, ensuring secrecy.

### [In Which the Population of Wamasai Assemble to Hear President Barbicane Say ‘Fire’ to Capt. Nicholl](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/topsy_turvy_se/chapters/in-which-the-population-of-wamasai-assemble-to-hear-president-barbicane-say-fire-to-capt-nicholl)

Hosts the feast and observes the firing with his court and the Black Brigade.

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