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Author : Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Burke's Royal Families of the World: Africa & the Middle East written by Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Burke's peerage
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780850110296
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)
Download or read book Burke's Royal Families of the World written by Burke's peerage and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Beshara Doumani
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 0791487075
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (914 download)
Download or read book Family History in the Middle East written by Beshara Doumani and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the constant refrain that family is the most important social institution in Middle Eastern societies, only recently has it become the focus for rethinking the modern history of the Middle East. This book introduces exciting new findings by historians, anthropologists, and historical demographers that challenge pervasive assumptions about family made in the past. Using specific case studies based on original archival research and fieldwork, the contributors focus on the interplay between micro and macro processes of change and bridge the gap between materialist and discursive frameworks of analysis. They reveal the flexibility and dynamism of family life and show the complex juxtaposition of different rhythms of time (individual time, family time, historical time). These findings interface directly with and demonstrate the need for a critical reassessment of current debates on gender, modernity, and Islam.
Author : Andrea L. Stanton
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 145226662X
Total Pages : 1977 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (522 download)
Download or read book Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, and Africa written by Andrea L. Stanton and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2012-01-05 with total page 1977 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In our age of globalization and multiculturalism, it has never been more important for Americans to understand and appreciate foreign cultures and how people live, love, and learn in areas of the world unfamiliar to most U.S. students and the general public. The four volumes in our cultural sociology reference encyclopedia take a step forward in this endeavor by presenting concise information on those regions likely to be most "foreign" to U.S. students: the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. The intent is to convey what daily life is like for people in these selected regions. It is hoped entries within these volumes will aid readers in efforts to understand the importance of cultural sociology, to appreciate the effects of cultural forces around the world, and to learn the history of countries and cultures within these important regions.
Author : Anthony Adolph
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 178337649X
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (833 download)
Download or read book Tracing Your Aristocratic Ancestors written by Anthony Adolph and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2013-03-19 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you believe you are descended from the aristocracy, or even from royalty? Or do you have a line of descent from a blue-blooded family, but want to know more? How far back do noble and royal lines go? How do coats of arms work, and how can heraldic records tell you more? How can genetics help you find your aristocratic origins?In Tracing Your Aristocratic Ancestors leading British genealogist, Anthony Adolph explains how to decode family stories, to find the truth and prove your descent from blue-blooded forebears. His book shows you how to expand your aristocratic pedigree sideways and backwards, incorporating heraldic records and printed pedigrees such as those in Burkes Peerage. In a series of concise, fact-filled chapters he explains how to find out about and prove aristocratic ancestry, defines who is blue-blooded, and describes all the sources that researchers can use to explore this fascinating subject. Under Adolphs guidance, you will travel back into the distant past, using cutting-edge DNA technology and arcane genealogies, back to the evolution of the human race, and the point where real ancestors fade into mythical ones Adam and Eve, the heroes of old and, ultimately, the very gods themselves.
Author : Bosworth C. E. Bosworth
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 1474464629
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (744 download)
Download or read book New Islamic Dynasties written by Bosworth C. E. Bosworth and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-01 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Those coming to the study of Islamic history for the first time face a baffling array of rulers and dynasties in the many different areas of Islam. This book provides a comprehensive and reliable reference source for all students of history and culture. It lists by name the rulers of all the principal Islamic dynasties with Hijri and Common Era dates. Each dynastic list is followed by a brief assessment of its historical significance, and by a short bibliography.Fully updated and substantially revised and expanded for a modern audience, this handbook is based upon Bosworth's renowned The Islamic Dynasties, first published in 1967 and revised in 1980. As well as increasing the number of dynasties covered from 82 to 186, innovations in the new edition include much more extensive listings of honorific titles and of filiations, allowing genealogical connections within dynasties to be made.Key Features:Only reliable chronological and genealogical listing availableCovers all the areas of the Islamic world including Afghanistan, the Arabian peninsula, Central Asia, East Africa, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iran, North Africa, Persia, South East Asia, Spain, Syria, Turkey and West AfricaIncludes 186 dynastiesRecords those rulers who issued coins - of great interest to Islamic numismatics
Author : John Carter
Publisher : Barzipan Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0957023340
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (57 download)
Download or read book Fibs, Facts and Farces - Tales from the Arab World written by John Carter and published by Barzipan Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The recent history of the Arab World presents a dismal story of pain, horror, and suffering. The causes are many and the blame game endless. However, the happy experiences of one Englishman throw a quite contrary light on current events, and have been written down as a way of saying thank you to all the Arabians involved for their unrivalled hospitality and friendship, as well as for sharing so much hilarious merriment. The author has collected stories over the course of many years that highlight not only the essential dottiness of his own country’s activities in the area, but also unveil the tremendous humour that the Arabs themselves possess. In this volume these tales are recorded, many for the first time, and have been added to by extensive research into the relevant literature to provide important background material, reference and explanation. To understand the humour of a race or nation is to understand and appreciate their culture and characteristics and reach a common ground. Whatever your nationality, Fibs, Facts and Farces: Tales from the Arab World will have you holding your sides.
Author : John Morby
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192518488
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (925 download)
Download or read book Dynasties of the World written by John Morby and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014-09-18 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title has tables giving years of rule and family relationships (in the male line unless otherwise indicated) for the reigning families of the world, from Horus Aha, first pharoah of Egypt, to Abdallah, present king of Saudi Arabia. Included in the tables are data regarding regencies and co-regencies, abdications and depositions, interregna and dynastic unions, mandates and protectorates, canonizations and beatifications, and the end of monarchic rule through conquest or overthrow. Notes provide information on chronological problems and uncertainties, non-Western dating systems, and names and titles; bibliographies document the research and guide the reader to additional information.
Author : Duncan Heaton-Armstrong
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857716859
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (577 download)
Download or read book The Six Month Kingdom written by Duncan Heaton-Armstrong and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2005-06-22 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In January 1914 the eccentric adventurer Captain Duncan Heaton-Armstrong, "on the look out for a more stable career", applied for the post of Private Secretary to the newly appointed King of Albania - the German Prince William of Wied. Heaton-Armstrong describes, with vibrancy, directness and humour, a miniature royal court in a desperately poor and remote corner of Europe. As the First World War engulfed the Balkans in August 1914, two royal infants were escorted back to Germany by Heaton-Armstrong, who was promptly made the first prisoner of war. His remarkable account has been edited for this, the first general edition.
Author : Randall Fegley
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 149851944X
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)
Download or read book A History of Rwandan Identity and Trauma written by Randall Fegley and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2016-03-18 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few societies have faced the difficulties of identity building experienced by Rwanda. This book’s introduction reviews literature on the concepts of myth and trauma, and then introduces basic information on Rwanda and how it has been viewed by the outside world. Chapter One describes early Rwanda’s political and cultural development, traditional narratives, group migrations, the effects of German and later Belgian colonialism, and the introduction of Christianity. It concludes with a look at how this early history has been interpreted and reinterpreted. The second chapter discusses the end of Tutsi dominance and the 1959 Hutu Revolution. It details Hutu Power ideology, Belgian domestic politics, early acts of genocide, refugee movements, and economic and political stagnation. The text documents the development of the Rwandan Patriotic Front, its 1990 invasion, and the Arusha peace process. An account of the 1994 genocide follows. However, as this has been covered in numerous other works, descriptions are limited to key events and general patterns. The chapter ends with a review of films, books, and other publications that brought Rwanda’s plight to a worldwide audience, but that also created new myths. Chapter Three examines the country’s post-genocide reconstruction and attempts to bring justice and reconciliation through the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Tanzania and gacaca courts domestically. Rwanda’s impressive record of economic progress over the last two decades is detailed. However, prospects for democracy have diminished, as its leaders have become increasingly sensitive to criticism and fearful of renewed divisions. Descriptions of the process of developing school curriculums to explain past atrocities, the new myths it created, and their possible consequences comprise most of Chapter Four. The final chapter offers conclusions on the effects of past mythologies and the trauma they have wrought. It draws comparisons with other divided societies and their approaches to dealing with the past. These include Burundi, Ethiopia, South Africa, the United States, Taiwan, Canada, Belgium, Switzerland, and Singapore. An extensive bibliography of books, theses, conference papers, official documents, articles, periodicals, journals, films, websites, other media, and interviews includes translations of titles in Kinyarwanda, French, Dutch, and German.
Author : Philip Mattar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 680 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East & North Africa: Aaronsohn-Cyril VI written by Philip Mattar and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nadav Safran
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801494840
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (948 download)
Download or read book Saudi Arabia written by Nadav Safran and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining vast scholarship and a deep understanding of Arab culture, Nadav Safran has written a sophisticated book about the politics of Saudi Arabia. In a narrative that emphasizes the Saudis' sense of the precariousness of their state and of their position in the Middle East, Safran demystifies the behavior of the Kingdom's rulers. Security has long been the predominant concern of Saudi Arabia. In 1981, the Kingdom's defense and security budget was an immense $25 billion, the fourth largest in the world, after the United States, the Soviet Union, and China, and the highest in the world on a per capita basis. Safran traces the roots of Saudi preoccupation with security through half a century, discerning political struggles and policy differences in the Saud family and how they have affected the position of the country. His treatment provides an enlightening perspective on the interplay of the politics of the elite; shifting inter-Arab alignments and rivalries; war, revolution, and other cataclysmic events in the Persian Gulf; the ongoing Arab-Israeli conflict; and the involvement of the United States in the Middle East.
Author : Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 720 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Burke's Presidential Families of the United States of America written by Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a guide to the first families of America, covering the character, career, writings, ancestry, wives, siblings and descendants of the 39 US presidents from George Washington to Ronald Reagan. This revised edition also includes essays on the presidents, with portraits of them and their wives; and pedigrees showing their descendants. The direct male line ancestry of every president is traced back to the earliest recorded origins of the family. A detailed account is provided of all progeny, living and dead, in male and female lines, and of stepchildren and adopted children of presidents.
Author : Ellie Abdi
Publisher : Livre de Lyon
ISBN 13 : 2382362715
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (823 download)
Download or read book Farewell My Queens: from Marie Antoinette to Farah Diba written by Ellie Abdi and published by Livre de Lyon. This book was released on 2022-06-29 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There has been much written, from many perspectives, about the French revolution and Marie Antoinette over the years. however, Farewell My Queens, from Marie Antoinette to Farah Diba, by Dr. Ellie Abdi, Stewart Essence Parr, Nooshin Manshadi and edited by Marjorie Sara Mamman is the fi rst I have read that compares the tragic lives of the queen of France and those of the three ill-fated queens of Iran: Fawzia Fuad of Egypt, Soraya Esfandyari Bakhteyari, and Farah Diba. While these Persian queens did not share the ultimate sacrifi ce of death under the blade of the guillotine, as did Marie Antoinette, as outsiders, these four queens all endured the stifl ing and controlling life at court and the pressure to produce an heir.
Author : Auguste Vachon
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
ISBN 13 : 0776616005
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (766 download)
Download or read book Genealogica & Heraldica written by Auguste Vachon and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 1998-07-06 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proceedings of the 22nd International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences in Ottawa from August 18 to 23, 1996. -- Actes du 22e congrès international des sciences généalogique et héraldique à Ottawa du 18 au 23 août 1996.
Author : Mohamed Matar
Publisher : Gerlach Press
ISBN 13 : 3940924849
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (49 download)
Download or read book Bahrain's Surviving Dynasty written by Mohamed Matar and published by Gerlach Press. This book was released on 2023-06-30 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Al Khalifa of Bahrain is a long-standing dynasty that has established dispute resolution measures to overcome intra-tribal ambitions for power and wealth, replacing extra-constitutional rulership succession with primogeniture. Since their control over Bahrain began in 1783 until the British withdrawal from the Gulf in 1971, the Al Khalifa introduced ten senior ruling shaykhs, seven of whom experienced turbulent successions, and faced in-house rivalries and power-seeking disputes. This book provides valuable insights into how the Al Khalifa tribe managed to shape and maintain their patrimonial rule for over 240 years, ultimately emerging as one of the most prevailing and enduring royal families in the region today. It delves into their strategies and tactics for overcoming local contexts, external challenges, and intra-tribal rivalries. The book is an essential read for anyone interested in the history and politics of Bahrain and the Gulf region.
Author : Alan Edwin Day
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Reference Sources Handbook written by Alan Edwin Day and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This authoritative guide to sources of reference material has been full revised to incorporate the mass of new electronic formats now available on the market.
