Ruler of a small coastal kingdom in the Arabian desert around 1555, Abu-Ben Ar proclaimed his eldest son Ali-Ben Ar as the Prophet awaited since the time of Mohammed. When his son released the prisoners taken from a Portuguese slaver, he condescended, but he secretly assured the pirate that the slave trade would remain open. The Portuguese didn't believe his words and assassinated him. His son found him dying in the mosque, and Abu-Ben Ar told him he had been killed by the cutthroats and Solomon Kane.