Moshti el-Kahir was one of Sallah el-Kahir's nine children. In 1934, during one of Indiana Jones' visits, he participated in a card trick performed by the young magician Mystery Maskelyne.[1]
Two years later he and his siblings saved Jones from being killed by forming a human shield around the archaeologist to protect him from Belloq and his men at the Marhala Bar.[2]
Behind the scenes[]
Moshti alongside his brothers and sisters.
Moshti made his first appearance in Raiders of the Lost Ark as one of the several unnamed children of Sallah.[2] His name was given in Indiana Jones and the Secret of the Sphinx, which didn't specified who was among them. The novel, set in 1934, states that he is 10 years old,[1] which would make him twelve by the times of Raiders.[2]
In the novelization of Raiders of the Lost Ark Indy relates to Sallah that the last time they met he had only three children,[3] but in Secret of the Sphinx Indy meets Sallah when he already has nine offspring.[1]
Appearances[]
- Indiana Jones and the Secret of the Sphinx (First identified as Moshti)
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Raiders of the Lost Ark novel
- Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark junior novel
Sources[]
- Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Illustrated Screenplay
- Raiders of the Lost Ark (TSR)
- Raiders of the Lost Ark Sourcebook
- The World of Indiana Jones