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In the Lands of the Christians: Arabic Travel Writing in the 17th Century

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ISBN: 0415932289
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In the Lands of the Christians: Arabic Travel Writing in the 17th Century

In the Lands of the Christians: Arabic Travel Writing in the 17th Century


Editorial Review:

This book presents the first English translation from Arabic of four Christian and Muslim writers who visited Western Europe and America in the 17th century. The introduction and the translated texts refute the widespread assumption that Arabs and Muslims of that time had no interest in the extra-Islamic world.

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

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This is a very valuable book for those, like myself, in the position of having a lively interest in the historical Middle East while knowing neither Arabic nor Turkish (nor German, where I would expect some very good scholarship, between the Hapsburgs and the Hohenzollerns). The meat of the book is the translation of letters of travel by four Ottoman subjects (two Moroccan officials, one Morisco who slipped out of Spain, and an Iraqi Christian cleric) in Europe -- especially Spain and France -- and the New... more info


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