Turkey, Egypt, and Syria: A Travelogue

by Shibli Numani

Book Overview

Turkey, Egypt, and Syria: A Travelogue vividly captures the experiences of prominent Indian intellectual and scholar Shibli Nu'mani (1857-1914) as he journeyed across the Ottoman Empire and Egypt in 1892. A professor of Arabic and Persian at the Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental (MAO) College at Aligarh, Nu'mani took a six-month leave from teaching to travel to the Ottoman Empire in search of rare printed works and manuscripts to use as sources for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815636547
• ISBN13: 9780815636540
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.4" x 8.8"