Author: Joseph Gillow
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Category : Catholic literature
Languages : en
Pages : 652
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A Literary and Biographical History
Author: Joseph Gillow
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Category : Catholic literature
Languages : en
Pages : 652
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Languages : en
Pages : 652
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The Holy Canons of the Seven Œcumenic Synods. Translated from the Original Greek [by John Thomas Seccombe].
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Languages : en
Pages : 72
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Languages : en
Pages : 72
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Rab and His Friends
Author: John Brown
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Category : Dogs
Languages : en
Pages : 58
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Category : Dogs
Languages : en
Pages : 58
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THE CHRONICLES OF NEWGATE
Author: ARTHUR GRIFFITHS
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Languages : en
Pages : 688
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Pages : 688
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The Medici Popes
Author: Herbert Millingchamp Vaughan
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Category : Italy
Languages : en
Pages : 474
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Category : Italy
Languages : en
Pages : 474
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The Káfirs of the Hindu-Kush
Author: Sir George Scott Robertson
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Category : Afghanistan
Languages : en
Pages : 684
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Kafiristan, or "The Land of the Infidels," was a region of eastern Afghanistan where the inhabitants had retained their traditional pagan culture and religion and rejected conversion to Islam. The Káfirs of the Hindu-Kush is a detailed ethnographic account of the Kafirs, written by George Scott Robertson (1852-1916), a British administrator in India. With the approval of the government of India, Robertson made a preliminary visit to Kafiristan in October 1889, and then lived among the Kafirs for almost a year, from October 1890 to September 1891. Robertson describes his journey from Chitral (in present-day Pakistan) to Kafiristan and the difficulties he encountered in traveling about the country and in gaining information about the Kafir culture and religion. The latter, he writes, "is a somewhat low form of idolatry, with an admixture of ancestor-worship and some traces of fire-worship also. The gods and goddesses are numerous, and of varying degrees of importance or popularity." Robertson describes religious practices and ceremonies, the tribal and clan structure of Kafir society, the role of slavery, the different villages in the region, and everyday life and social customs, including dress, diet, festivals, sport, the role of women in society, and much else that he observed first-hand. The book is illustrated with drawings, and it concludes with a large fold-out topographical map, which shows the author's route in Kafiristan. In 1896 the ruler of Afghanistan, Amir 'Abd al-Rahman Khan (reigned 1880-1901), conquered the area and brought it under Afghan control. The Kafirs became Muslims and in 1906 the region was renamed Nuristan, meaning the "Land of Light," a reference to the enlightenment brought by Islam.
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Category : Afghanistan
Languages : en
Pages : 684
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Kafiristan, or "The Land of the Infidels," was a region of eastern Afghanistan where the inhabitants had retained their traditional pagan culture and religion and rejected conversion to Islam. The Káfirs of the Hindu-Kush is a detailed ethnographic account of the Kafirs, written by George Scott Robertson (1852-1916), a British administrator in India. With the approval of the government of India, Robertson made a preliminary visit to Kafiristan in October 1889, and then lived among the Kafirs for almost a year, from October 1890 to September 1891. Robertson describes his journey from Chitral (in present-day Pakistan) to Kafiristan and the difficulties he encountered in traveling about the country and in gaining information about the Kafir culture and religion. The latter, he writes, "is a somewhat low form of idolatry, with an admixture of ancestor-worship and some traces of fire-worship also. The gods and goddesses are numerous, and of varying degrees of importance or popularity." Robertson describes religious practices and ceremonies, the tribal and clan structure of Kafir society, the role of slavery, the different villages in the region, and everyday life and social customs, including dress, diet, festivals, sport, the role of women in society, and much else that he observed first-hand. The book is illustrated with drawings, and it concludes with a large fold-out topographical map, which shows the author's route in Kafiristan. In 1896 the ruler of Afghanistan, Amir 'Abd al-Rahman Khan (reigned 1880-1901), conquered the area and brought it under Afghan control. The Kafirs became Muslims and in 1906 the region was renamed Nuristan, meaning the "Land of Light," a reference to the enlightenment brought by Islam.
Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire ...
Author: James Wycliffe Headlam
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Category : Germany
Languages : en
Pages : 542
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Category : Germany
Languages : en
Pages : 542
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Fire and Sword in the Caucasus
Author: Luigi Villari
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Category : Armenia
Languages : en
Pages : 498
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Category : Armenia
Languages : en
Pages : 498
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The City-state of the Greeks and Romans
Author: William Warde Fowler
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Category : Cities and towns, Ancient
Languages : en
Pages : 360
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Category : Cities and towns, Ancient
Languages : en
Pages : 360
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The Life of Napoleon I
Author: John Holland Rose
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Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 1062
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Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 1062
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