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Diary of a Journey Across Arabia from El Khatif in the Persian Gulf, to Yambo in the Red Sea, During the Year 1819

Author : G. Forster Sadlier
Publisher : Gale and the British Library
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Diary of a Journey Across Arabia from El Khatif in the Persian Gulf, to Yambo in the Red Sea, During the Year 1819 written by G. Forster Sadlier and published by Gale and the British Library. This book was released on 1866 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1866 edition. Excerpt: ... REMARKS ON THJ5 ROUTE ACROSS ARABIA, FROM EL-KATIF IN THE PERSIAN GULF TO YAMRO IN THE RED SEA. With a view to elucidate the general direction of my route, to mark the probable relative positions of the intervening towns or places which I passed in this journey, and to render the narrative of His Excellency Ibrahim Pacha's exploits more clear, I have affixed a route across Arabia from Katif to Yambo. During the first stages I was obliged to guess at the distances, not being as yet sufficiently acquainted with the pace and gait of the camel to form an idea of the rate at which we were moving; a few days' observation and timing the animal's pace enabled me to form a tolerably correct opinion, and thence deduce a rate for my general guidance, by calculating from the number of hours we were actually on the march. For marches not exceeding eight hours I calculated three miles an hour, and for inarches exceeding that number of hours I lessened the computed distance to two and half and to two and three-quarter miles per hour, making a deduction in some cases for hilly and rocky ground. The general direction of the line of march I took frequently with a very good compass, always alighting from my camel, its motion being too rough to admit of a compass being used even when in a walk. Prom Katif we proceeded by broken stages to Oomerrubeeah in the desert, and thence by a retrograde and circuitous route to Ul Ahsa, * from whence we returned very unexpectedly to Oomerrubeeah by a different route. Ou laying down the track thus far there does not appear to be any considerable error, as the distances and bearings which I had taken brought me within seven or eight miles of my first calculation. From this point we again set out with the intention of...

Diary of a Journey Across Arabia, 1819

Author : George Forster Sadleir
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Diary of a Journey Across Arabia, 1819 written by George Forster Sadleir and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone

New Arabian Studies Volume 1

Author : Robin Leonard Bidwell
Publisher : University of Exeter Press
ISBN 13 : 9780859894081
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book New Arabian Studies Volume 1 written by Robin Leonard Bidwell and published by University of Exeter Press. This book was released on 1994-02 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Arabian Studies is an international journal covering a wide spectrum of topics including geography, archaeology, history, architecture, agriculture, language, dialect, sociology, documents, literature and religion. It provides authoritative information intended to appeal to both the specialist and general reader. Both the traditional and the modern aspects of Arabia are covered, excluding contemporary controversial politics.

The Wahhabi Mission and Saudi Arabia

Author : David Commins
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857731351
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (577 download)

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Book Synopsis The Wahhabi Mission and Saudi Arabia by : David Commins

Download or read book The Wahhabi Mission and Saudi Arabia written by David Commins and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2009-03-30 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wahhabism has been generating controversy since it first emerged in Arabia in the 18th century. In the wake of September 11th instant theories have emerged that try to root Osama Bin Laden's attacks on Wahhabism. Muslim critics have dismissed this conservative interpretation of Islam that is the official creed of Saudi Arabia as an unorthodox innovation that manipulated a suggestible people to gain political influence. David Commins' book questions this assumption. He examines the debate on the nature of Wahhabism, and offers original findings on its ascendance in Saudi Arabia and spread throughout other parts of the Muslim world such as Afghanistan and Pakistan. He also assesses the challenge that radical militants within Saudi Arabia pose to the region, and draws conclusions which will concern all those who follow events in the Kingdom. "The Wahhabi Mission and Saudi Arabia" is an essential reading for anyone interested in the Middle East and Islamic radicalism today.

British Routes to India

Author : Halford Lancaster Hoskins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book British Routes to India written by Halford Lancaster Hoskins and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Legal Effects of Recognition in International Law

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 922 pages
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Download or read book The Legal Effects of Recognition in International Law written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 922 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Publisher

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1300 pages
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Download or read book The Publisher written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 1300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Penetration of Arabia

Author : David George Hogarth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book The Penetration of Arabia written by David George Hogarth and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Penetration of Arabia

Author : David George Hogarth
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110804218X
Total Pages : 485 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book The Penetration of Arabia written by David George Hogarth and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-12-29 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: D. G. Hogarth's 1904 historiographical summary of explorations in the Arabian peninsula illuminates his later role in the 1916 Arab revolt.

Wahhabi Islam

Author : Natana J. Delong-Bas
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199715610
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)

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Download or read book Wahhabi Islam written by Natana J. Delong-Bas and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-08-22 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before 9/11, few Westerners had heard of Wahhabism. Today, it is a household word. Frequently mentioned in association with Osama bin Laden, Wahhabism is portrayed by the media and public officials as an intolerant, puritanical, militant interpretation of Islam that calls for the wholesale destruction of the West in a jihad of global proportions. In the first study ever undertaken of the writings of Wahhabism's founder, Muhammad Ibn Abd al-Wahhab (1702-1791), Natana DeLong-Bas shatters these stereotypes and misconceptions. Her reading of Ibn Abd al-Wahhab's works produces a revisionist thesis: Ibn Abd al-Wahhab was not the godfather of contemporary terrorist movements. Rather, he was a voice of reform, reflecting mainstream 18th-century Islamic thought. His vision of Islamic society was based upon a monotheism in which Muslims, Christians and Jews were to enjoy peaceful co-existence and cooperative commercial and treaty relations. Eschewing medieval interpretations of the Quran and hadith (sayings and deeds of the prophet Muhammad), Ibn Abd al-Wahhab called for direct, historically contextualized interpretation of scripture by both women and men. His understanding of theology and Islamic law was rooted in Quranic values, rather than literal interpretations. A strong proponent of women's rights, he called for a balance of rights between women and men both within marriage and in access to education and public space. In the most comprehensive study of Ibn Abd al-Wahhab's interpretation of jihad ever written, DeLong-Bas details a vision in which jihad is strictly limited to the self-defense of the Muslim community against military aggression. Contemporary extremists like Osama bin Laden do not have their origins in Wahhabism, she shows. The hallmark jihadi focus on a cult of martyrdom, the strict division of the world into two necessarily opposing spheres, the wholescale destruction of both civilian life and property, and the call for global jihad are entirely absent from Ibn Abd al-Wahhab's writings. Instead, the militant stance of contemporary jihadism lies in adherence to the writings of the medieval scholar, Ibn Taymiyya, and the 20th century Egyptian radical, Sayyid Qutb. This pathbreaking book fills an enormous gap in the literature about Wahhabism by returning to the original writings of its founder. Bound to be controversial, it will be impossible to ignore.

The Arabian Horse, His Country and People

Author : William Tweedie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book The Arabian Horse, His Country and People written by William Tweedie and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Great Desert Explorers

Author : Andrew Goudie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1900971488
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Great Desert Explorers written by Andrew Goudie and published by . This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Desert exploration, like climbing Everest or polar expeditions, is not for the faint-hearted, and many of the vivid tales within this fascinating biographical history end in tragedy. However, the informative and absorbing descriptions of the extraordinary journeys, challenges and achievements of these intrepid figures, are captivating. They risked their lives variously for good old fashioned epic adventure, solitude, fame, the answer to mythical questions and some were even spies. They experienced fear, excitement and hardship in their journeys into the unknown. There are many books on exploration but remarkably few on desert exploration. Moreover, some of the great desert explorers of the last three hundred years are now very little remembered or appreciated in comparison, say, with those who ventured to the poles, climbed Everest, or sought the source of the Nile. Yet, crossing unknown deserts is no less challenging. This volume finally brings these Great Desert Explorers into the limelight, with short, illustrated biographies of around 60 of the most interesting, intrepid and important explorers of the world’s greatest deserts. There is also a brief introduction to each desert region. The many original quotations, illustrations and maps, contemporary figures, as well as plates of a range of desert landscapes make this a colourful, lively and informative read.

Vision or Mirage

Author : David Rundell
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1838605940
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (386 download)

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Download or read book Vision or Mirage written by David Rundell and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-09-17 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Clear-eyed and illuminating.' Henry Kissinger, former Secretary of State and National Security Advisor 'A rich, superbly researched, balanced history of the modern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.' General David Petraeus, former Commander U.S. Central Command and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency 'Destined to be the best single volume on the Kingdom.' Ambassador Chas Freeman, former U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and Assistant Secretary of Defense 'Should be prescribed reading for a new generation of political leaders.' Sir Richard Dearlove, former Chief of H.M. Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) and Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Something extraordinary is happening in Saudi Arabia. A traditional, tribal society once known for its lack of tolerance is rapidly implementing significant economic and social reforms. An army of foreign consultants is rewriting the social contract, King Salman has cracked down hard on corruption, and his dynamic though inexperienced son, the Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, is promoting a more tolerant Islam. But is all this a new vision for Saudi Arabia or merely a mirage likely to dissolve into Iranian-style revolution? David Rundell - one of America's foremost experts on Saudi Arabia - explains how the country has been stable for so long, why it is less so today, and what is most likely to happen in the future. The book is based on the author's close contacts and intimate knowledge of the country where he spent 15 years living and working as a diplomat. Vision or Mirage demystifies one of the most powerful, but least understood, states in the Middle East and is essential reading for anyone interested in the power dynamics and politics of the Arab World.

Bahrain Through The Ages

Author : Shaikh Abdullah bin Khalid Al-Khalifa
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113614658X
Total Pages : 597 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (361 download)

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Download or read book Bahrain Through The Ages written by Shaikh Abdullah bin Khalid Al-Khalifa and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-10-17 with total page 597 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1993. This volume is based on the papers delivered at the historical sessions of the conference 'Bahrain Through the Ages', organised in Bahrain on the initiative of the Government of the State of Bahrain, in December 1983. The papers are substantially the texts of those delivered at the Conference, adapted to printed form. This volume is the companion to 'Bahrain Through the Ages - the Archaeology'.

The Publishers' Circular and Booksellers' Record

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1018 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Publishers' Circular and Booksellers' Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 1018 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Hajj

Author : F. E. Peters
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691225141
Total Pages : 451 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book The Hajj written by F. E. Peters and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the duties God imposes upon every Muslim capable of doing so is a pilgrimage to the holy places in and around Mecca in Arabia. Not only is it a religious ritual filled with blessings for the millions who make the journey annually, but it is also a social, political, and commercial experience that for centuries has set in motion a flood of travelers across the world's continents. Whatever its outcome--spiritual enrichment, cultural exchange, financial gain or ruin--the road to Mecca has long been an exhilarating human adventure. By collecting the firsthand accounts of these travelers and shaping their experiences into a richly detailed narrative, F. E. Peters here provides an unparalleled literary history of the central ritual of Islam from its remote pre-Islamic origins to the end of the Hashimite Kingdom of the Hijaz in 1926.

The Mission and the Kingdom

Author : David Commins
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1838609512
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (386 download)

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Download or read book The Mission and the Kingdom written by David Commins and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-09-29 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the wake of September 11th instant theories have emerged that try to root Osama Bin Laden's attacks on Wahhabism. Muslim critics have dismissed this conservative interpretation of Islam that is the official creed of Saudi Arabia as an unorthodox innovation that manipulated a suggestible people to gain political influence. David Commins' book questions this assumption. He examines the debate on the nature of Wahhabism, and offers original findings on its ascendance in Saudi Arabia and spread throughout other parts of the Muslim world such as Afghanistan and Pakistan. He also assesses the challenge that radical militants within Saudi Arabia pose to the region, and draws conclusions which will concern all those who follow events in the Kingdom. The Wahhabi Mission and Saudi Arabia is essential reading for anyone interested in the Middle East and Islamic radicalism today.