Shakir's book, "Al Ameer Mohamed Amin Dhoshimeyna Kilegefaan", titled with Amin's honorifics, contains 400 pages of A4 size, and is sold at the rate of MVR 650 (USD 42 dollars).
It might come as a surprise when I confess that I have never been interested in Maldives' history until last year when I began to "discover" books about the authentic history of Maldives rather than what we were taught in school such as the mythical folklore about demons like the Rannamaari legend.
In my teens I was very much interested in world history although it is said (truthfully?) that history is written by the victors. Happily, I managed to get an 'A' pass in O Levels.
Because I formed an interest in Maldives' history only last year, and therefore am not well-read in it, I am not sure how much new information Shakir has put into his book although he gives a detailed account of the mob attack on Amin - similarly as Maldivian journalist Mohamed Jameel who became the first author to write about it in his book "Orchid".
Shakir praises Jameel's book in fact and even cites from it.
Shakir says his book took 10 years in the making, and also draws information from firsthand witnesses who are no longer living. This may be a factor which would attract ardent readers of Maldives' history to Shakir's telling of the life of one of the most controversial leaders of Maldives.
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