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Paperback An Arab Ambassador in the Mediterranean World: The Travels of Muhammad ibn 'Uthmān al-Miknāsī, 1779-1788 Book

ISBN: 0815348967

ISBN13: 9780815348962

An Arab Ambassador in the Mediterranean World: The Travels of Muhammad ibn 'Uthmān al-Miknāsī, 1779-1788

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This book provides translated selections from the writings of Muhammad Ibn Othman al-Miknasi (d. 1799). The only writings by an Arab-Muslim in the pre-modern period that present a comparative perspective, his travelogues provide unique insight with in to Christendom and Islam.

Translating excerpts from his three travelogues, this book tells the story of al-Miknasi's travels from 1779-1788. As an ambassador, al-Miknasi was privy to court...

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