Author: Walter Harris
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Category : Yemen
Languages : en
Pages : 468

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Author: Walter Harris
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Category : Yemen
Languages : en
Pages : 498

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Author: Walter B. Harris
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Languages : en
Pages : 385

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Author: Walter B. Harris
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781332047208
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 486

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Excerpt from Journey Through the Yemen: And Some General Remarks Upon That Country But very few words are necessary as a preface to this book, as more than once in its pages its objects are stated. An account of my journey through the Yemen appeared last autumn in a series of articles in the 'illustrated London N ews, ' and it is with kind permission of the proprietors of that paper that some of the illustrations reappear here. Many of the illustrations, however, have not seen the light of day before. The chapter on the Yemen rebellion was published as an article in Blackwood's Magazine for February last. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: Walter Burton Harris
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Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: Caesar E. Farah
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0857717146
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 415

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In the 19th century, when the Ottoman Empire restored direct rule over Yemen, the resulting turmoil came to threaten the security of the entire Arabian Peninsula. This book describes the various military campaigns to regain control over Yemen, surveying the increased foreign encroachments by the British in the south and the Italians through the Red Sea, and the revolts of the Zaidi Imams and Isma'ili tribes. Using previously unknown archival material, this history of political rivalries and challenges confronting Ottoman Yemen in the 19th century should prove useful for scholars and students.

Author: G. Rex Smith
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317186303
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 494

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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.

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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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Languages : en
Pages : 912

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Category : Indonesia
Languages : en
Pages : 536

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