Arabia Felix

Author : Thorkild Hansen
Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 1681370735
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arabia Felix written by Thorkild Hansen and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2017-06-13 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A riveting account of a landmark expedition that left only one survivor, now back in print for the first time in decades. Arabia Felix is the spellbinding true story of a scientific expedition gone disastrously awry. On a winter morning in 1761 six men leave Copenhagen by sea—a botanist, a philologist, an astronomer, a doctor, an artist, and their manservant—an ill-assorted band of men who dislike and distrust one another from the start. These are the members of the Danish expedition to Arabia Felix, as Yemen was then known, the first organized foray into a corner of the world unknown to Europeans. The expedition made its way to Turkey and Egypt, by which time its members were already actively seeking to undercut and even kill one another, before disappearing into the harsh desert that was their destination. Nearly seven years later a single survivor returned to Denmark to find himself forgotten and all the specimens that had been sent back ruined by neglect. Based on diaries, notebooks, and sketches that lay unread in Danish archives until the twentieth century, Arabia Felix is a tale of intellectual rivalry and a comedy of very bad manners, as well as an utterly absorbing adventure. Arabia Felix includes 33 line drawings and maps.

Author : Bertram Thomas
Publisher : Hesperides Press
ISBN 13 : 1443723452
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arabia Felix written by Bertram Thomas and published by Hesperides Press. This book was released on 2008-11 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1932, ARABIA FELIX. WITH A FOREWORD BY T. E. LAWRENCE T.E.S.AND APPENDIX BY SIR ARTHUR KEITH, F.R.S., M.D., ETC.CONTAINING ALSO MAPS, CHARTS, DIAGRAMS AND ILLUSTRATIONS. CONTENTS: CHAPTER PAGE FOREWORD xv PREFACE xxi INTRODUCTION xxiiiI. A PROPITIOUS START AND AN EARLYCHECK iEmbarkation Disembarkation The need for secrecyTrouble in the Interior My plans unfolded My envoysleave.II. AT DHUFAR: ANARCHY, TREACHERY ANDHOSPITALITY 8The settled tribes of Dhufar History of Dhufar Tribalanarchy Hegemony of Sultan established Arrival of atyrantA tyrant rules and his sons are murdered Orderrestored Arab instability A visit to Salala A Asocialfunction Giant ancestors The price of freedomAnegro dance The Bathing Chorus.III. SKULL MEASURING AND DEVIL DANCING 22Racial types PreIslamic Ciyilisatioixs A fathers skullTaking headmeasurements Social distinctions A warriors pride, and his needs The Governor of Dhufar Theunco guid in Arabia Exorcism Negro customs Institutions of slavery Mourning ceremonies The dance of the slave girls The climax The evil spirit is exorcised.IV. IN THE QARA MOUNTAINS: AIN AR RIZAT 36Hunting prospects Preparation of specimens Earlier ilisatjons Ancient graves A son of the free Offerings tospirits Pagan cults Lying, picking and stealing A courageous collector Evil spirits Sitting up for hyena.CONTENTSCHAPTER PAGEV. IN THE QARA MOUNTAINS. ANCIENT SURVIVALS AND THE BLOOD SACRIFICE 46 Ibn Battutas views Hadoram and Hazramaveth Forestclad mountains Unruly camels Peril from snakes Rockcaves An offer of marriage A pleasant valley A tribaldance A hyena slain Costly mourning ceremonies AnArab wake Local laws of inheritance The wifes dutiesand rights.VL THE QARAMOUNTAINS. HYENAS, FAITHCURES AND CIRCUMCISION. 58 Poisonous snakes Food customs The riding camel of awitch The gazelle and the hyena The offence of the ape Demands on my medicine chest Restitutip.a.of, conjugalrights A cure for varicose veins The cautery Theftana pillage Tribesmen and nontribesmen The camelof Salih bin Hut the origin of the Qara Christian traditions Sons of Adam male circumcision Hair customs Female adornments An old ladys handbag Flirtation punished Social conventions love lyrics.VII. THE QARA MOUNTAINS. .EXORCISING THEEVIL EYE AND ORDEAL BY FIRE 77Camping in the mountains Camels and cattle Sheep andgoats Exorcism of the Evil Eye Veterinary methodsThe Qara at KhiyuntLocal law and custom Atonement for blood The law of hospitality The oath on theQuran The ordeal by fire The furnace of affliction.Belief in witchcraft Gossip with a murderer.VIII. THE QARA MOUNTAINS. FAREWELL, 91MaaraJcustrnsA case of snakebite A case for aphysician Lying up for panther The sacrifice of bloodMarriage customs, divorce, remarriage and marriedwomens property Betrothal customs The Bait Qutuntrouble Camp at FuzahMurder in cold blood Thepsychology and ethics of the bloodfeud Morning at Arbotvi.

Author : Jean-François Breton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arabia Felix from the Time of the Queen of Sheba written by Jean-François Breton and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In Arabia Felix from the Time of the Queen of Sheba, Jean-Francois Breton provides us with a detailed description of this remote civilization, the uniqueness of the region's geography and climate, and the major events that shaped its history. Calling on the resources of modern archeological discoveries, he offers insights into the Sabeans' daily life, their agriculture and skill in irrigation, their customs and religion, their modes of commerce, and their relations with neighboring civilizations."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Sir Robert Lambert Playfair
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Arabia Felix Or Yemen, from the Commencement of the Christian Era to the Present Time written by Sir Robert Lambert Playfair and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alessandro De Maigret
Publisher : Medina Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781906768041
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arabia Felix written by Alessandro De Maigret and published by Medina Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Italian archaeologist, Alessandro de Maigret, reveals the ancient land of Arabia Felix (today's Yemen), home of the legendary Queen of Sheba, in this work. First, sifting through ancient texts, and the early accounts of travelers, explorers and scientists, he pieces together a picture of our mysteriously incomplete knowledge of the region. Based on his findings at various sites, he seeks to take the reader on a journey back into history, answering questions which have remained shrouded in conjecture. Disproving legends and untangling the confusion of earlier explanations, de Maigret draws together his own findings with those from many other disciplines to present a picture of one of the oldest and least understood societies in the world. Since its publication in Italian in 1996, this has become the classic introduction to the history and archaeology of southern Arabia. Now in English, it make all the evidence available to a new audience.

Author : Bertram Thomas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781838075637
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arabia Felix written by Bertram Thomas and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-23 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is often assumed Wilfred Thesiger was the first non-Arab to cross the Rub Al Khali desert, despite doing so over a decade after Thomas and relying on the very Bedouin who Thomas used to guide him for the crossing. This edition has been completely retyped, images from the original books were scanned to improve print quality, and place-specific modern photographs included for context. Punctuation and spellings, though occasionally at odds with current usage and often inconsistent within the book have generally been kept as in the Bertram Thomas text. The expedition described in Arabia Felix is the culmination of several years of anticipation, and planning from 1926 by Bertram Thomas to achieve the first crossing by a non-Arab of the Rub Al Khali, the Empty Quarter desert. It might not be far-fetched in thinking that his taking employment in Oman was to be the means to that end.

Author : Werner Daum
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Yemen written by Werner Daum and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : R.L. Playfair
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3375119283
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Arabia Felix or Yemen written by R.L. Playfair and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2022-09-18 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1859.

Author : Henry Rooke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Travels to the Coast of Arabia Felix written by Henry Rooke and published by . This book was released on 1788 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Henry Rooke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 144 pages
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Download or read book Travels to the Coast of Arabia Felix and from Thence by the Red Sea and Egypt to Europe written by Henry Rooke and published by . This book was released on 1783 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: