Besides Leonard de Vinci, other people are buried at the Château d'Amboise (Amboise, France).
Specifically, in the "Jardin d'Orient" section, some members of AbdelKader's extended family (smala) are buried. If i understood correctly what the tourist guide said, they were taken with him in custody when he surrendered and during their 4-year-custody at this place, lots of them died -- mostly women and children.
In total, i counted are 7x3+2x2=25 tombs.
I took a few pictures and i have a few questions (see below).
- The first group of tombs is of a square of 2*2 tombs.
| Left | Right |
|---|---|
| Al-Tifl bin Mubaarakat (1) | Khadidja bint Sidi Qaddur bin Mubaarak (2) |
| Khadidja bint Al-Amir (3) | Fatimat the First (4) |
- Then, there's an obelisk, the meaning of which eludes me.
- Finally, there's a rectangle of 7*3 tombs.
| Left | Center | Right |
|---|---|---|
| Halimat bint Qurat Muhammad (5) | Mubaarakat (6) | Bilal walad Mubaarakat (7) |
| Khadidja Qa6aawy (8) | Abd Al-Qader bin Walad Muhammad (9) | Fatimat the Second (10) |
| Aisha bint Sidi Husayn (11) | Bin Abbu (12) | Saalim ... (13) |
| Muhammad walad Sidi Al-Mubaarakat (14) | Ahmad walad Al-Amir (15) | Mubaarakat zawj Al-Amir (16) |
| Mas3ud walad Aisha (17) | Maryam bint Faraajy (18) | Rahimat bint Feraajy (19) |
| Abd Al-Qader walad Sidi Muhammad Al-Said (20) | ... Sidi Mustafa (21) | Muhammad walad Sidi Qaddur (22) |
| Muhammad walad Sidi Muhammad Al-Said (23) | Abd Al-Qader walad Muhammad Al-Bashir (24) | Kheyrat zawj Sidi Muhammad Al-Said (25) |
Questions and remarks :
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I'm sorry for the poorly framed shots and the overall poor quality pictures.
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First, the writing at the base of every tomb. They are koranic verses : 89:27-30. I was a bit surprised at first because i thought there was a tanween on the "ha" of "'ayyatuha". But this seems plain Hafs to me, so my guess is that it's not a tanween but two fat7as : one for the "ha" of "'ayyatuha" and the other for the "nun" of "nafsu" just after. Isn't it a bit weird though ?!
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~~I guess the "Al-Amir" in (3), (15) and (16) is actually AbdelKader. The tourist guide did say s
The current King of France has for favorite residence the Château d'Amboise where he was born and then hidden by his father to teach him to rule, some says that was because Louis XI was feeling his end coming and was paranoid.
Nine agents of the Alchemist guild are sent to Amboise to kill the King, they are said that Catalonian rebels hired the guild to execute the contract,the less they know the better. The agent will take with them a keg of bear infused with poison hemlock, and many other poison of exotic origin as well as weapons and powders. They will all be split in team.
First team
Three men
In the first phase of the operation the three agent will observe the castle and make sure the King is in there,once it is confirmed they will smuggle the keg in the night and place it in the cave, with luck it will be given to drink to the King.
Once it is done they will regroup with team three.
Team Two
Three men
This time will try to establish contact with someone on the cook,or a servant girl who could be seduced and manipulated into poisoning the food of the King with poison hemlock.
Team Three
Three men
This team will be tasked to observe the King and try to determine a pattern in his movements, surely he goes hunting sometimes, once a pattern his spotted by the team they will regroup with the two other and prepare to lay an ambush.
The nine men will use Crossbow with bolt coated in aconite ‘Monkshood/Wolfbane’, the nine will fire on the King and escape as quickly as possible,they shall split up and regroup then a boat will pick them up at Bordeaux
If a bolt successfully hit the King he shall be done for as the poison is very effective and the chaos that will unsue will surely create confusion. To cover their escape the agent will use fire grenade to scare the horses of their pursuer if need be.
NB: Poison hemlock should pass the taster as it take roughly 30 minute to act.
Edit: Made a typo and it shall stay for the fun, but I of course mean Keg of beer
