A Shi'ite Pilgrimage to Mecca, 1885-1886
by Mirza Mohammad Hosayn Farahani
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Fair
- ISBN 10
- 0863563562
- ISBN 13
- 9780863563560
- Seller
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Newhaven, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Saqi Books , 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Fair. Top corner clipped from flyleaf, previous owner's initials in pencil; jacket 's colour is very faded along upper front edge and on spine (title has faded completely), short tear to top rear edge. Clean pages. Taken from the original nineteenth-century Persian manuscript of the Safarnameh of Mirza Mohammad Hosayn Farahani, a well-educated, keenly observant, Iranian Shi'ite gentleman. The memoir reveals social and economic information about Tsarist Russia, the Ottoman Empire, Egypt, Northern Iran and Arabia. The author is a meticulous observer, recording details of distances, currencies, accommodations, modes of travel and so on. He records the experiences encountered by pilgrims of his day: physical hardships, disease, generosity, banditry, hospitality and exaltation. It describes tensions between the Shi'ites and the Sunnis. 380 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Travel & Places; ISBN/EAN: 9780863563560. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: dscf7079. . 9780863563560
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- Bookseller
- Denton Island Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- dscf7079
- Title
- A Shi'ite Pilgrimage to Mecca, 1885-1886
- Author
- Mirza Mohammad Hosayn Farahani
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0863563562
- ISBN 13
- 9780863563560
- Publisher
- Saqi Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- BZDB229 Travel & Places; A Shiite Pilgrimage to Mecca 18851886
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