03238oam 2200625I 450 991046343060332120200520144314.01-283-96385-X0-203-61571-91-136-06010-310.4324/9780203615713 (CKB)2670000000325126(EBL)1111483(OCoLC)826854884(SSID)ssj0000867003(PQKBManifestationID)11443551(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000867003(PQKBWorkID)10889173(PQKB)10114657(MiAaPQ)EBC1111483(Au-PeEL)EBL1111483(CaPaEBR)ebr10647683(CaONFJC)MIL427635(OCoLC)825768283(EXLCZ)99267000000032512620180331d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIn the lands of the Christians Arabic travel writing in the seventeenth century /edited and translated by Nabil MatarNew York :Routledge,2003.1 online resource (279 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-93228-9 0-415-93227-0 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION Arab Travelers and Early Modern Europeans; THE TEXTS A Note on Translation and Selection; 1 FRANCE AND HOLLAND Selections from Kitab Nasir al-Din ala al-Qawm al-Kafirin (The Book of the Protector of Religion against the Unbelievers) Ahmad bin Qasim [al-Hajari], 1611-1613; 2 EUROPE AND SOUTH AMERICA Kitab Siyahat al-Khoury Ilyas bin al-Qissees Hanna al-Mawsuli (The Book of the Travels of the Priest Ilyas, Son of the Cleric Hanna al-Mawsuli) Ilyas Hanna al-Mawsuli, 1668-16833 SPAIN Rihlat al-Wazir fi Iftikak al-Asir (The Journey of the Minister to Ransom the Captive) Mohammad bin abd al-Wahab al-Ghassani, 1690-16914 FRANCE Letters Abdallah bin Aisha, 1699-1700; Index of Names; Index of PlacesIn the Lands of the Christians presents original translations from Arabic of four Christian and Muslim writers who visited Western Europe and America in the seventeenth century. These essays contain careful descriptions of the regions, societies, customs, and religions these intrepid travelers encountered in their journeys. Here you will find the complete travel narrative of the first Arab to visit South and Central America in 1688, the first English translation of the ambassadorial report by Mohammad bin Abd al-Wahab al-Ghassani who traveled through Spain in 1690, translations of letters by tTravelers' writings, ArabicEarly works to 1800ArabsTravelEarly works to 1800Electronic books.Travelers' writings, ArabicArabsTravel910/.88927Matar N. I(Nabil I.),1949-976841MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463430603321In the lands of the Christians2296299UNINA