Author: Walter Harris
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Category : Yemen
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
A Journey Through the Yemen and Some General Remarks Upon that Country
Author: Walter Harris
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Category : Yemen
Languages : en
Pages : 468
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Publisher:
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Category : Yemen
Languages : en
Pages : 468
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Bulletin
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Category : Classified catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 280
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Category : Classified catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 280
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A Traveller in Thirteenth-Century Arabia / Ibn al-Mujawir's Tarikh al-Mustabsir
Author: G. Rex Smith
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317186303
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
This is the first English translation of the Tarikh al-Mustabsir, written in the early quarter of the thirteenth century by Ibn al-Mujawir. The text is a fascinating account of the western and southern areas of the Arabian Peninsula by a man from the east of the Islamic world, probably from Khurasan in Iran. Ibn al-Mujawir was a man who in all probability followed the age-old Islamic practice of making the pilgrimage to Mecca and thereafter travelling in the area to further his business interests. His route began in Mecca and essentially ran south through the Red Sea coastal plain, Tihamah, down into the Yemen and along the southern coast of the peninsula. He paused long in Aden, where he observed closely the activities of the port to report at some length on its administration, its taxes, its markets, its currency, its weights and measures, and the like. His route then continued along the southern coast of Arabia into the Gulf, and he presumably returned home to the east via Iraq. The author is a wonderful observer of people: their buildings, their dress, their customs, their agriculture, their food and their history. This book is a unique source for the social and economic history of thirteenth-century south Arabia, written with a humour and wit otherwise unknown in the writings of medieval Islam. The text is of major linguistic importance too, written as it is in a far from classical Arabic. This translation is fully annotated with an introduction, appendices, glossary and full index, and contains maps and illustrations.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317186303
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
This is the first English translation of the Tarikh al-Mustabsir, written in the early quarter of the thirteenth century by Ibn al-Mujawir. The text is a fascinating account of the western and southern areas of the Arabian Peninsula by a man from the east of the Islamic world, probably from Khurasan in Iran. Ibn al-Mujawir was a man who in all probability followed the age-old Islamic practice of making the pilgrimage to Mecca and thereafter travelling in the area to further his business interests. His route began in Mecca and essentially ran south through the Red Sea coastal plain, Tihamah, down into the Yemen and along the southern coast of the peninsula. He paused long in Aden, where he observed closely the activities of the port to report at some length on its administration, its taxes, its markets, its currency, its weights and measures, and the like. His route then continued along the southern coast of Arabia into the Gulf, and he presumably returned home to the east via Iraq. The author is a wonderful observer of people: their buildings, their dress, their customs, their agriculture, their food and their history. This book is a unique source for the social and economic history of thirteenth-century south Arabia, written with a humour and wit otherwise unknown in the writings of medieval Islam. The text is of major linguistic importance too, written as it is in a far from classical Arabic. This translation is fully annotated with an introduction, appendices, glossary and full index, and contains maps and illustrations.
The Spectator
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1240
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A weekly review of politics, literature, theology, and art.
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1240
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A weekly review of politics, literature, theology, and art.
Athenaeum
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 912
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Languages : en
Pages : 912
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Works Issued by the Hakluyt Society
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Category : Indonesia
Languages : en
Pages : 536
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Category : Indonesia
Languages : en
Pages : 536
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The Journal of John Jourdain, 1608-1617
Author: John Jourdain
Publisher: Asian Educational Services
ISBN: 9788120605299
Category : Arabian Peninsula
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Describing His Experiences In Arabia, India And The Malay Archipelago.
Publisher: Asian Educational Services
ISBN: 9788120605299
Category : Arabian Peninsula
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Describing His Experiences In Arabia, India And The Malay Archipelago.
The academy
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 612
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 612
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The Academy and Literature
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 616
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 616
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Catalogue of the Library of the Zoological Society of London
Author: Zoological Society of London. Library
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Category : Zoological Society Of London. Library --catalogues
Languages : en
Pages : 870
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Publisher:
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Category : Zoological Society Of London. Library --catalogues
Languages : en
Pages : 870
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