Middle East - Description and travel - Early works to 1800
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Broader horizons : a study of Johannes Witte de Hese's Itinerarius and medieval travel narratives / Scott D. Westrem.
Scott D. WestremDate: 2001- E-books
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A full and just account of the present state of the Ottoman empire in all its branches with the government, and policy, religion, customs, and way of living of the Turks, in general. Faithfully Related From a Serious Observation, taken in many Years Travels thro' those Countries. By Aaron Hill, Gent.
Aaron HillDate: Anno Domini, 1709- E-books
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The memoirs of Khojeh Abdulkurreem , a cashmerian of distinction, Who accompanied Nadir Shah, on his return from Hindostan to Persia; from whence he travelled to Baghdad, Damascus, and Aleppo, and after visiting Medina and Mecca, embarked in a ship at the port of Jeddeh, and sailed to Hooghly in Bengal. Including The History of Hindostan, from A. D. 1739 to 1749: with an account of the European Settlements in Bengal, and on the Coast of Coromandel. Translated from the original Persian. By Francis Gladwin, Esq.
Abd Al-Karim Ibn Akibat Ibn Muhammad Bulaki, al-Kashmiri.Date: MDCCXCIII. [1793]- E-books
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A series of letters. Addressed to Sir William Fordyce , M. D. F. R. S. containing a voyage and journey from England to smyrna, from thence to Constantinople, and from that Place over Land to England; likewise an Account and Description of the Counties, Cities, Towns, and Villages, through which the Author passed; together with the Treaty of Commerce between the Court of Great Britain and the Sublime Porte. Translated from the original into English by the author. To which is prefixed, A short answer to Volney's contradictions on Ali-Bey's History and revolt; and an Appendix; containing a particular Description of the Holy Land, and a concise Narration of the modern Patriarchs who resided in that Holy See, from the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century to the present Time; with some Anecdotes. By S.L. Kosmopolites Vol. I.
Lusignan, SauveurDate: M.DCC.LXXXVIII [1788]- E-books
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A tour to the East , in the years 1763, and 1764. With remarks on the city of Constantinople and the Turks. Also, select pieces of oriental wit, poetry and wisdom. By F. Lord Baltimore.
Baltimore, Frederick Calvert, Baron, 1731-1771.Date: M,DCC,LXVIII. [1768]