No Sinecure by the name "Sebastian Melmoth" in reference to the novel; this fact may have inspired Hornung to use the name "Maturin" for a Raffles living in social exile. BBC Radio adapted the story into part of the thirteenth episode of its Raffles radio drama, "No Sinecure", which first aired on 30 July 1992. The drama features Jeremy Clyde as Raffles and Michael Cochrane as Bunny. The first half of the drama closely follows the plot of the original story, with some minor changes: No Sinecure "No Sinecure" is a short story by E. W. Hornung, and features the gentleman thief
Mawza Exile by virtue of their Arab patrons who refused to obey the king's orders. Many would die along the route and while confined to the hot and arid conditions of this forbidding terrain. After one year in exile, the exiles were called back to perform their usual tasks and labors for the indigenous Arab populations, who had been deprived of goods and services on account of their exile. With the rise to power of the Qāsimīd Imām, al-Mutawakkil Isma'il (1644–1676), there was a crucial turning point in the condition of Jews living under the Imamate kingdom of Yemen. He endorsed the