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Notes on the Bedouins and Wahabys 2 Volume Paperback Set

Collected During His Travels in the East

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Onbekend, 795 blz. | Engels
Cambridge University Press | e druk, 2010
ISBN13: 9781108022910
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John Lewis Burckhardt (1784–1817) was a Swiss explorer who is best remembered for his rediscovery of the ancient city of Petra, in Jordan. In 1809 he was commissioned by the African Association to discover the source of the River Niger. In preparation for this journey, for which he needed to pass as a Muslim, Burckhardt spent two years exploring and studying Arabic in Aleppo, before travelling widely in Arabia and Egypt. These volumes, first published in 1830, contain Burckhardt's description of Bedouin society and his history of the Wahhabi sect of Islam. He describes the different Bedouin tribes of Arabia and the Middle East and their political allegiances, and recounts in fascinating detail aspects of their society. He also narrates the history of the Wahhabi sect from its founding, and discusses its effect on the politics of the region.

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ISBN13:9781108022910
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:onbekend
Aantal pagina's:795

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Volume 1: Account of the Bedouin Tribes: 1. Classification of Bedouin tribes that inhabit the Syrian desert; 2. Sketches; 3. The tent, and its different parts; 4. Furniture of the tent, and various utensils; 5. Bedouin dress; 6. Arms of the Bedouin; 7. Diet of the Arabs; 8. Arts and industry; 9. Wealth and property of the Bedouins; 10. Sciences, music, and poetry of the Bedouins; 11. Feasts and rejoicings; 12. Diseases and cures; 13. Education; 14. Religious worship; 15. Matrimony and divorce; 16. Government and mode of judicature; 17. Warfare and predatory excursions; 18. Blood-revenge, or Thár; 19. Robbery and theft; 20. Hospitality of the Arabs; 21. Slaves and servants; 22. Moral character of the Bedouins; 23. Cattle of the Bedouins, and other animals of the desert; 24. Vegetation of the desert; 25. Winds; 26. Additional observations; 27. Dress of the Bedouins; 28. Arms; 29. Food and cookery; 30. Industry; 31. The Arabs' wealth; 32. Sciences, music, poetry, &c.; 33. The camel-driver's song; 34. Feasts and rejoicings; 35. Diseases; 36. Vaccination; 37. Customs relative to matrimony; 38. Divorces of the Bedouins; 39. Burial of the Bedouins; 40. Religious worship; 41. Government; 42. Warfare of the Bedouins; 43. Blood-revenge; 44. Robbery and thieving; 45. The traitor; 46. Dakheil, or protection; 47. Hospitality; 48. Domestic relations; 49. General character of the Bedouins; 50. Salutation; 51. Language; 52. Sagacity in tracing of footsteps, or Athr; 53. General reflections. Volume 2: 1. Additions to the classification of Bedouin tribes; 2. Horses of Arabia; 3. Camels; 4. Locusts; Materials for a History of the Wahabys: 1. Introduction; 2. Of Saoud's person and family; 3. Wahaby government; 4. Administration of justice; 5. Revenues; 6. Military affairs of the Wahabys; 7. Ghaleb, Sherif of Mekka, and the Turkish Pasha of Baghdad, at war with the Wahabys; 8. Mohammed Aly, Pasha of Cairo, despatches his son, Tousoun Pasha, with a Turkish army to invade Arabia; 9. Mohammey Aly Pasha proceeds from Egypt with an army of Turks; 10. The Begoum Arabs headed by a woman, regarded as a sorceress by the Turks, who are defeated at Taraba; 11. Distribution of the Turkish forces in Hedjaz; 12. Turks elated with victory; 13. Abdallah Ibn Saoud enters Kasym with an army; Appendix; Index of Arabic words.
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