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Author : Arthur John Byng Wavell
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (4 download)
Download or read book A Modern Pilgrim in Mecca and a Siege in Sanaa written by Arthur John Byng Wavell and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Arthur John Byng Wavell
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Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (139 download)
Download or read book A Modern Pilgrim in Mecca and a Siege in Sanaa written by Arthur John Byng Wavell and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael Wolfe
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 0802192203
Total Pages : 701 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)
Download or read book One Thousand Roads to Mecca written by Michael Wolfe and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2015-09-29 with total page 701 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Wolfe does an exemplary job of detailing the ceremonies performed at Mecca and the reasons behind them . . . Highly recommended.” —Library Journal, starred review This updated and expanded edition of One Thousand Roads to Mecca collects significant works by observant travel writers from the East and West over the last ten centuries—including two new contemporary narratives—creating a comprehensive, multifaceted literary portrait of the enduring tradition. Since its inception in the seventh century, the pilgrimage to Mecca has been the central theme in a large body of Islamic travel literature. Beginning with the European Renaissance, it has also been the subject for a handful of adventurous writers from the West who, through conversion or connivance, managed to slip inside the walls of a city forbidden to non-Muslims. These very different literary traditions form distinct impressions of a spirited conversation in which Mecca is the common destination and Islam the common subject of inquiry. Along with an introduction by Reza Aslan, featured writers include Ibn Battuta, J. L. Burckhardt, Sir Richard Burton, the Begum of Bhopal, John F. Keane, Winifred Stegar, Muhammad Asad, Lady Evelyn Cobbald, Jalal Al-e Ahmad, and Malcolm X. One Thousand Roads to Mecca is a historically, geographically, and ethnically diverse collection of travel writing that adds substantially to the literature of Islam and the West. “Serves as an excellent introduction to a religion, people, culture, and philosophy.” —Santa Cruz Sentinel
Author : Avner Wishnitzer
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022625772X
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (262 download)
Download or read book Reading Clocks, Alla Turca written by Avner Wishnitzer and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reading Clocks, Alla Turca explores the technological and social aspects of Ottoman temporal culture, where religious and secular powers competed and colluded for authority, the army tried to rationalize its systems of training and communication, and schoolboys complained about how long classes were. The conflicts that played out on the field of temporal systems were not along the axes one might expect, with secular, urban, rationalist, modernizing, and Europeanizing forces arrayed against rural, traditional, religious, and nationalist people and parties. Rather, religious institutions saw the rationalization of temporal culture as a way to extend their authority (the muezzin s call to prayer was the traditional way of counting the hours of the day, after all), and urban elites proclaimed their nationalism and their religiosity by their watches, both timepiece and jewelry. The image of Europe was, in a mirror of European Orientalism, deployed as both a rationalist model to be emulated (by, for example, the military) and a negative model of lazy and late aristocratic carelessness (by government administrators). Exploring sources as varied as lyric poetry, military manuals, school and military memoirs, and ferry timetables, Avner Wishnitzer lays out the full richness of Ottoman temporal culture in the nineteenth century."
Author : Ontario Library Association
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Total Pages : 774 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Selected List of Books written by Ontario Library Association and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Various
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317234332
Total Pages : 1607 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)
Download or read book Routledge Library Editions: Turkey written by Various and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-02-25 with total page 1607 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of previously out-of-print titles examines the state of Turkey in both its Ottoman and modern incarnations. Radical politics are detailed alongside constitutional democracy, as well as Ottoman politics and history.
Author : James Canton
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857735713
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (577 download)
Download or read book From Cairo to Baghdad written by James Canton and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-25 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until the 1880s, British travellers to Arabia were for the most part wealthy dilettantes who could fund their travels from private means. With the advent of an Imperial presence in the region, as the British seized power in Egypt, the very nature of travel to the Middle East changed. Suddenly, ordinary men and women found themselves visiting the region as British influence increased. Missionaries, soldiers and spies as well as tourists and explorers started to visit the area, creating an ever bigger supply of writers, and market for their books. In a similar fashion, as the Empire receded in the wake of World War II, so did the whole tradition of Middle East travel writing. In this elegantly crafted book, James Canton examines over one hundred primary sources, from forgotten gems to the classics of T E Lawrence, Thesiger and Philby. He analyses the relationship between Empire and author, showing how the one influenced the other, leading to a vast array of texts that might never have been produced had it not been for the ambitions of Imperial Britain. This work makes for essential reading for all of those interested in the literature of Empire, travel writing and the Middle East.
Author : Birsen Bulmus
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 0748646604
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (486 download)
Download or read book Plague, Quarantines and Geopolitics in the Ottoman Empire written by Birsen Bulmus and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2012-04-04 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that many of the greatest and most colourful Ottoman statesmen and literary figures from the 15th to the early 20th century considered plague as a grave threat to their empire? And did you know that many Ottomans applauded the establishment of a quarantine against the disease in 1838 as a tool to resist British and French political and commercial penetration? Or that later Ottoman sanitation effort to prevent urban outbreaks would help engender the Arab revolt against the empire in 1916? Birsen Bulmus explores these facts in an engaging study of Ottoman plague treatise writers throughout their almost 600-year struggle with this epidemic disease. Along the way, she addresses the political, economic and social consequences of the methods they used to combat it.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Quarterly List of New Books written by and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Public Library of Brookline
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Quarterly List of New Books written by Public Library of Brookline and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Josephine Adams Rathbone
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Viewpoints in Travel written by Josephine Adams Rathbone and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Bulletin of the Brockton Public Library written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Naval Intelligence Division
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136209956
Total Pages : 870 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (362 download)
Download or read book Western Arabia and The Red Sea written by Naval Intelligence Division and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-28 with total page 870 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2006. Produced during the Second World War for the use of commanding officers, this work is a complete guide to the lands of Western Arabia. Sections on geology, geography, the coasts, climate, vegetation, history, administration, people, public health, agriculture, economy, ports and towns offer readers a unique military perspective on this important region. Supplemented with hundreds of maps, photographs and figures, this book will be of great use to anyone with an interest in Arabia.
Author : Compiled by Sarah Anderson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351958399
Total Pages : 1234 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)
Download or read book Anderson’s Travel Companion written by Compiled by Sarah Anderson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 1234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A selection of the best in travel writing, with both fiction and non-fiction presented together, this companion is for all those who like travelling, like to think about travelling, and who take an interest in their destination. It covers guidebooks as well as books about food, history, art and architecture, religion, outdoor activities, illustrated books, autobiographies, biographies and fiction and lists books both in and out of print. Anderson's Travel Companion is arranged first by continent, then alphabetically by country and then by subject, cross-referenced where necessary. There is a separate section for guidebooks and comprehensive indexes. Sarah Anderson founded the Travel Bookshop in 1979 and is also a journalist and writer on travel subjects. She is known by well-known travel writers such as Michael Palin and Colin Thubron. Michael Palin chose her bookshop as his favourite shop and Colin Thubron and Geoffrey Moorhouse, among others, made suggestions for titles to include in the Travel Companion.
Author : Alexandre Papas
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 311220882X
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (122 download)
Download or read book Central Asian Pilgrims. written by Alexandre Papas and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2020-08-10 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Die Reihe Islamkundliche Untersuchungen wurde 1969 im Klaus Schwarz Verlag begründet und hat sich zu einem der wichtigsten Publikationsorgane der Islamwissenschaft in Deutschland entwickelt. Die über 330 Bände widmen sich der Geschichte, Kultur und den Gesellschaften Nordafrikas, des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens sowie Zentral-, Süd- und Südost-Asiens.
Author : Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
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Total Pages : 594 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (34 download)
Download or read book Peace Handbooks: Turkey in Asia (II), no. 61-66 written by Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Murat Özyüksel
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857737430
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (577 download)
Download or read book The Hejaz Railway and the Ottoman Empire written by Murat Özyüksel and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-22 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Railway expansion was symbolic of modernization in the late 19th century, and Britain, Germany and France built railways at enormous speed and reaped great commercial benefits. In the Middle East, railways were no less important and the Ottoman Empire's Hejaz Railway was the first great industrial project of the 20th century. A route running from Damascus to Mecca, it was longer than the line from Berlin to Baghdad and was designed to function as the artery of the Arab world - linking Constantinople to Arabia. Built by German engineers, and instituted by Sultan Abdul Hamid II, the railway was financially crippling for the Ottoman state and the its eventual stoppage 250 miles short of Mecca (the railway ended in Medina) was symbolic of the Ottoman Empire's crumbling economic and diplomatic fortunes. This is the first book in English on the subject, and is essential reading for those interested in Industrial History, Ottoman Studies and the geopolitics of the Middle East before World War I.
