{"title":"Middle Eastern history","description":"Books on the subject of Middle Eastern history","products":[{"product_id":"sufism-and-early-islamic-piety-personal-and-communal-dynamics-hardback-9781108422710","title":"Sufism and Early Islamic Piety; Personal and Communal Dynamics (Hardback) 9781108422710","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSufism and Early Islamic Piety\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePersonal and Communal Dynamics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExplores aspects of the private lives and interpersonal ties, between the personal and communal domains of early Sufis.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eArin Shawkat Salamah-Qudsi (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108422710, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 8 November 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e330 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.8 x 2.9 cm, 0.61 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'By expanding the scope of inquiry about the relationships of early Sufis beyond the celebrated shaykh-disciple bond, Sufism and Early Islamic Piety makes an undeniable contribution to scholarship on early Sufism. Among other achievements, Salamah-Qudsi highlights figures who have previously been marginalized in European-language scholarship, argues persuasively for the application of gen-der theory to early Sufi texts, and translates for the first time a great deal of material into English …' Jeremy Farrell, Journal of the American Oriental Society\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSufism and Early Islamic Piety: Personal and Communal Dynamics offers a new story about the formative period of Sufism. Through a fresh reading of diverse Sufi and non-Sufi sources, Arin Shawkat Salamah-Qudsi reveals the complexity of personal and communal aspects of Sufi piety in the period between the ninth and thirteenth centuries. Her study also sheds light on the interrelationships and conflicts of early Sufis through emphasising that early Sufism was neither a quietist or a completely individual mode of piety. Salamah-Qudsi reveals how the early Sufis' commitment to the Islamic ideal of family life lead to different creative arrangements among them in order to avoid contradictions with this ideal and the mystical ideal of solitary life. Her book enables a deeper understanding of the development of Sufism in light of the human concerns and motivations of its founders.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. Personal Narratives: Early Sufis and Family Ties: 1. Celibacy, marriage and familial commitments among early Sufis\u003cbr\u003e 2. Female Sufis\u003cbr\u003e 3. Maternal narratives: female Sufis as mothers\u003cbr\u003e 4. Sufis as maternal uncles\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Communal Narratives: Early Sufis' Modes of Operating in the Framework of Sufi Communal Lives: 5. Consensually acclaimed Sufis and lenient approaches\u003cbr\u003e 6. Marginal piety: the case of Niffari\u003cbr\u003e 7. Controversies and quarrel\u003cbr\u003e 8. Companionship with youth (Suhbat al-Ahdath).\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Gender studies, gender groups [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Gender studies, gender groups\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Gender%20studies,%20gender%20groups%20%5BJFSJ%5D%22\"\u003eJFSJ\u003c\/a\u003e], Sufism \u0026amp; Islamic mysticism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sufism \u0026amp; Islamic mysticism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sufism%20\u0026amp;%20Islamic%20mysticism%20%5BHRHX%5D%22\"\u003eHRHX\u003c\/a\u003e], Islam [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Islam\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Islam%20%5BHRH%5D%22\"\u003eHRH\u003c\/a\u003e], Religion \u0026amp; beliefs [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Religion \u0026amp; beliefs\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Religion%20\u0026amp;%20beliefs%20%5BHR%5D%22\"\u003eHR\u003c\/a\u003e], Medieval history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Medieval history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Medieval%20history%20%5BHBLC1%5D%22\"\u003eHBLC1\u003c\/a\u003e], Middle Eastern history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Middle Eastern history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Middle%20Eastern%20history%20%5BHBJF1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJF1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45899416764696,"sku":"9781108422710","price":78.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108422710i_c20bc80b-230a-4808-851a-7db2d8095876.jpg?v=1696694905"},{"product_id":"the-caravan-abdallah-azzam-and-the-rise-of-global-jihad-hardback-9780521765954","title":"The Caravan; Abdallah Azzam and the Rise of Global Jihad (Hardback) 9780521765954","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Caravan\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAbdallah Azzam and the Rise of Global Jihad\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTraces Abdallah Azzam's path from a West Bank village to the battlefields of Afghanistan and explains why jihadism went global.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eThomas Hegghammer (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521765954, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 5 March 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e718 pages, 26 b\/w illus.  4 maps\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 16 x 3.9 cm, 1.27 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'The Caravan – Abdallah Azzam and the Rise of Global Jihad is an important addition to the scholarship of jihadism and political Islam. It is not a dry academic text; it's simply a good read for anyone interested in some of the most significant developments in modern history. Hegghammer's panoramic view of jihadism makes this book a vital resource for anyone seeking to further understand the development of jihadism.' Ilan Fuchs, AMU Edge\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAbdallah Azzam, the Palestinian cleric who led the mobilization of Arab fighters to Afghanistan in the 1980s, played a crucial role in the internationalization of the jihadi movement. Killed in mysterious circumstances in 1989 in Peshawar, Pakistan, he remains one of the most influential jihadi ideologues of all time. Here, in the first in-depth biography of Azzam, Thomas Hegghammer explains how Azzam came to play this role and why jihadism went global at this particular time. It traces Azzam's extraordinary life journey from a West Bank village to the battlefields of Afghanistan, telling the story of a man who knew all the leading Islamists of his time and frequented presidents, CIA agents, and Cat Stevens the pop star. It is, however, also a story of displacement, exclusion, and repression that suggests that jihadism went global for fundamentally local reasons.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Prologue\u003cbr\u003e 1. Palestinian\u003cbr\u003e 2. Brother\u003cbr\u003e 3. Fighter\u003cbr\u003e 4. Scholar\u003cbr\u003e 5. Vagabond\u003cbr\u003e 6. Writer\u003cbr\u003e 7. Pioneer\u003cbr\u003e 8. Diplomat\u003cbr\u003e 9. Manager\u003cbr\u003e 10. Recruiter\u003cbr\u003e 11. Ideologue\u003cbr\u003e 12. Mujahid\u003cbr\u003e 13. Resident\u003cbr\u003e 14. Enemy\u003cbr\u003e 15. Martyr\u003cbr\u003e 16. 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Dale (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108470070, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 3 May 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e258 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.3 x 15.9 x 2.1 cm, 0.46 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book is a concise biography of Babur, who founded the Timurid-Mughal Empire of South Asia. Based primarily on his autobiography and existential verse, it chronicles the life and career of a Central Asian, Turco-Mongol Muslim who, driven from his homeland by Uzbeks in 1504, ruled Kabul for two decades before invading 'Hindustan' in 1526. It offers a revealing portrait of Babur's Perso-Islamic culture, Timurid imperial ambition and turbulent emotional life. 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Dale (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107107267, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 3 May 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e258 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.36 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book is a concise biography of Babur, who founded the Timurid-Mughal Empire of South Asia. Based primarily on his autobiography and existential verse, it chronicles the life and career of a Central Asian, Turco-Mongol Muslim who, driven from his homeland by Uzbeks in 1504, ruled Kabul for two decades before invading 'Hindustan' in 1526. It offers a revealing portrait of Babur's Perso-Islamic culture, Timurid imperial ambition and turbulent emotional life. 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Flatt (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108481939, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 18 July 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e336 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.8 x 2 cm, 0.69 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'In this magisterial work, Emma J. Flatt skillfully opens up for us the 'black box' of Persianate court culture. Always recognized as important but never before theorized or understood in any detail, the social networks and bodily practices of Persianate courtly culture now stand illuminated in all their fascinating complexity.' Phillip B. Wagoner, Wesleyan University, Connecticut\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn the late fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, courtliness was crucial to the political and cultural life of the Deccan. Divided between six states competing for territory, resources and skills, the medieval and early modern Deccan was a region of striking ethnic, linguistic and religious diversity. People used multifaceted trans-regional networks - mercantile, kinship, friendship and intellectual - to move across the Persian-speaking world and to find employment at the Deccan courts. This movement, Emma J. Flatt argues, was facilitated by the existence of a shared courtly disposition. Engagement in courtly skills such as letter-writing, perfume-making, astrological divination, performing magic, sword-fighting and wrestling thus became a route to both worldly success and ethical refinement. Using a diverse range of treatises, chronicles, poetry and letters, Flatt unpicks the ways this challenged networks of acceptable behaviour and knowledge in the Indo-Islamicate courtly world - and challenges the idea of perpetual hostility between Islam and Hinduism in Indian history.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: cosmopolitanism, courtliness and ethics in the Deccani Sultanates\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Courtly Society: 1. Courtly disposition\u003cbr\u003e 2. Networks, patrons and friends\u003cbr\u003e 3. Courts, merchants and commodities\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Courtly Skills: 4. Scribal skills\u003cbr\u003e 5. Esoteric skills\u003cbr\u003e 6. 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An international team of scholars examines the political and cultural history of the Mongol empire, its Chinggisid successor states, and the non-Chinggisid dynasties that came to dominate Inner Asia in its wake. Geographically, it focuses on the continental region from East Asia to Eastern Europe. Beginning in the twelfth century, the volume moves through to the establishment of Chinese and Russian political hegemony in Inner Asia from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries. Contributors use recent research and new approaches that have revitalized Inner Asian studies to highlight the world-historical importance of the regimes and states formed during and after the Mongol conquest. Their conclusions testify to the importance of a region whose modern fate has been overshadowed by Russia and China.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction Nicola Di Cosmo, Allen J. Frank and Peter B. Golden\u003cbr\u003e Part I. 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It is based on a large corpus of primary sources and is methodologically well composed. Undeclared Wars with Israel will be a useful source for those studying German and Israeli history, the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict, the history of international relations, and the history of the European left.' Philipp Lenhard, H-Judaic\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eUndeclared Wars with Israel examines a spectrum of antagonism by the East German government and West German radical leftist organizations - ranging from hostile propaganda and diplomacy to military support for Israel's Arab armed adversaries - from 1967 to the end of the Cold War in 1989. This period encompasses the Six-Day War (1967), the Yom Kippur War (1973), Israel's invasion of Lebanon in 1982, and an ongoing campaign of terrorism waged by the Palestine Liberation Organization against Israeli civilians. This book provides new insights into the West German radicals who collaborated in 'actions' with Palestinian terrorist groups, and confirms that East Germany, along with others in the Soviet Bloc, had a much greater impact on the conflict in the Middle East than has been generally known. A historian who has written extensively on Nazi Germany and the Holocaust, Jeffrey Herf now offers a new chapter in this long, sad history.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. East Germany and the Six-Day War of June 1967\u003cbr\u003e 3. An anti-Israel left emerges in West Germany: the conjuncture of June 1967\u003cbr\u003e 4. Diplomatic breakthrough to military alliance: East Germany, the Arab states, and the PLO 1969–73\u003cbr\u003e 5. Palestinian terrorism in 1972: Lod airport, the Munich Olympics, and responses\u003cbr\u003e 6. Formalizing the East German alliance with the PLO and the Arab states: 1973\u003cbr\u003e 7. Political warfare at the United Nations during the Yom Kippur War of 1973\u003cbr\u003e 8. 1974: Palestinian terrorist attacks on Kiryat Shmona and Maalot and responses in East Germany, West Germany, Israel, the United States, and the United Nations\u003cbr\u003e 9. The UN 'Zionism is racism' revolution of November 10, 1975\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Entebbe hijacking and 'selection' and the West German 'revolutionary cells'\u003cbr\u003e 11. An alliance deepens: East Germany, the Arab states, and the PLO: 1978–82\u003cbr\u003e 12. Terrorism from Lebanon to Israel's 'operation peace for Galilee': 1977–82\u003cbr\u003e 13. Loyal friends in defeat: 1983–9 and after\u003cbr\u003e 14. 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Drawing on diverse textual sources and intensive field surveys, Nimrod Luz reveals the character of the Mamluk city as well as various aspects of urbanism in the region, establishing the pre-modern city of the Middle East as a valid and useful lens through which to study various themes such as architecture, art history, history, and politics of the built environment. As part of this approach, Luz considers the processes by which Mamluk discourses of urbanism were conceptualized and then inscribed in the urban environment as concrete expressions of architectural design, spatial planning, and public memorialization.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. Introduction: 1. Urban regional history before the Mamluks: presenting Tripoli, Safad, and Jerusalem\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Tangible City: 2. Reading the built environment: a field survey of Mamluk Jerusalem\u003cbr\u003e 3. 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Il se dirige, par Moltân, vers l'Inde et Dihly\u003cbr\u003e Arrivée dans l'Inde proprement dite\u003cbr\u003e Dihly\u003cbr\u003e Récit de la conquête de Dihly, et notice historique sur les rois qui s'y succédèrent\u003cbr\u003e Du souverain régnant alors, ou le sultan Mohammed châh\u003cbr\u003e Quelques histoires sur le sultan Mohammed châh, montrant sa bienfaisance et sa générosité\u003cbr\u003e Des actes de violence commis par ce sultan et de ses actions criminelles\u003cbr\u003e Des combats, révoltes et autres événements qui se sont passés sous le règne du sultan Mohammed châh\u003cbr\u003e Série de faits qui regardent de plus près notre voyageur et les autres étrangers, arrivés en sa compagnie à Dihly\u003cbr\u003e Variantes et notes\u003cbr\u003e Additions et corrections.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Middle Eastern history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Middle Eastern history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Middle%20Eastern%20history%20%5BHBJF1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJF1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266075021592,"sku":"9781108044103","price":38.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108044103i_c9f49af5-235d-487a-b767-5c8fa9efe85b.jpg?v=1696746594"},{"product_id":"voyages-dibn-batoutah-texte-arabe-accompagne-dune-traduction-paperback-9781108044110","title":"Voyages d'Ibn Batoutah; Texte Arabe, accompagné d'une traduction (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108044110","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eVoyages d'Ibn Batoutah\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTexte Arabe, accompagné d'une traduction\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn 1853–8 edition of the Journey of the Moroccan traveller Ibn Battuta (1304–68\/9), with a French translation.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eIbn Batuta (Author), Charles Defrémery (Edited and translated by), Beniamino Raffaello Sanguinetti (Edited and translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108044110, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 February 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e584 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 3.3 cm, 0.73 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis four-volume edition of the Arabic text of the Journey of the Moroccan traveller Ibn Battuta (1304–68\/9), with a French translation was published in 1853–8. In 1325, Ibn Battuta, who came from a family of jurists in Tangier, set out to make the pilgrimage to Mecca - the beginning of a journey that would last for twenty-four years and take him as far as China. In Volume 4, the sultan of Delhi asks Ibn Battuta to lead an embassy to China, during which he suffers difficulties, including attacks by Hindus, and shipwreck. He eventually reaches China via Sri Lanka, Vietnam and the Philippines; he then performs a fourth hajj before returning home, after twenty-four years' absence. He sets out again, to visit first Muslim Spain and then further regions of Africa, as far south as Timbuktu and down the river Niger, before returning home to dictate an account of his travels.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eExposé du motif pour lequel un présent fut envoyé en Chine\u003cbr\u003e Départ d'Ibn Batoutah de Dihly, et son voyage jusqu'à Cambaie\u003cbr\u003e Description de Cambaie, et voyage d'Ibn Batoutah jusqu'à Calicut\u003cbr\u003e Détails sur Calicut, etc.\u003cbr\u003e Notre voyageur arrive à Caoulem et y séjourne un certain temp\u003cbr\u003e ses pérégrinations sur la côte de Malabar et ailleurs, jusqu'au moment où il se rend aux îles Maldives\u003cbr\u003e Les îles Maldives\u003cbr\u003e Voyage aux îles de l'Archipel des Indes, et arrivee d'Ibn Batoutah en Chine\u003cbr\u003e Voyage d'Ibn Batoutah en Chine\u003cbr\u003e Départ d'Ibn Batoutah de Pékin, ses voyages, et son itinéraire jusqu'à la ville de Fez\u003cbr\u003e Séjour d'Ibn Batoutah à Fez et dans le Maroc, jusqu'au moment de son départ pour l'Espagne\u003cbr\u003e Voyage en Andalousie\u003cbr\u003e Ibn Batoutah se rend de nouveau en Afrique, puis entreprend un voyage dans le Soûdân ou pays des nègres\u003cbr\u003e Voyage d'Ibn Batoutah de Tacaddâ à Fez\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion ou péroraison d'Ibn Djozay\u003cbr\u003e Variantes et notes\u003cbr\u003e Additions et corrections\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Middle Eastern history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Middle Eastern history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Middle%20Eastern%20history%20%5BHBJF1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJF1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266075054360,"sku":"9781108044110","price":38.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108044110i_90bb4260-c5a7-4d38-ae25-d781ef0f43ba.jpg?v=1696746630"},{"product_id":"voyages-dibn-batoutah-texte-arabe-accompagne-dune-traduction-paperback-9781108044080","title":"Voyages d'Ibn Batoutah; Texte Arabe, accompagné d'une traduction (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108044080","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eVoyages d'Ibn Batoutah\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTexte Arabe, accompagné d'une traduction\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn 1853–8 edition of the Journey of the Moroccan traveller Ibn Battuta (1304–68\/9), with a French translation.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eIbn Batuta (Author), Charles Defrémery (Edited and translated by), Beniamino Raffaello Sanguinetti (Edited and translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108044080, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 February 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e500 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.8 cm, 0.63 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis four-volume edition of the Arabic text of the Journey of the Moroccan traveller Ibn Battuta (1304–68\/9), with a French translation, was published in 1853–8 as part of the 'Collection d'ouvrages orientaux' of the French Société Asiatique. In 1325, Ibn Battuta, who came from a family of Islamic jurists in Tangier, set out to make the pilgrimage to Mecca - the beginning of a journey that would last for twenty-four years and take him as far as China. In Volume 1, he describes his departure from Tangier, and his journey via Tunis to Egypt, where he travelled to Cairo, planning to reach a Red Sea port and sail to Arabia. The route was closed, so he returned to Cairo and travelled from there to Damascus, taking in the holy places of Palestine en route. 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It is the result of collaboration with several partners with specific expertise, primarily Charles Frederick Tyrwhitt Drake (1846–74) but also Burton's wife. Throughout his life Burton immersed himself in as many different cultures as possible. His natural aptitude for languages and disguise allowed him to frequently pass himself off as a native. The two years he was consul were eventful, including local uprisings, an assassination attempt and religious strife. This work reveals the unknown and extraordinary side of Syria, drawing on experiences of living and travelling in the country to explore the geography, natural history, politics and culture of remote provinces.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eVolume 1: Preface\u003cbr\u003e General remarks\u003cbr\u003e 1. Cartographic and other notes on the watershed of the Baalbak plain\u003cbr\u003e 2. Preliminary tour in the Jebel Duruz Hauran\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 1. Observations taken with aneroid and thermometer\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 2. Proverbia Communia Syriaca\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 3. On writing a roll of the law\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 4. Notes on the Hamah Stones. Volume 2: 1. A reconnaissance of the Anti-Libanus\u003cbr\u003e 2. Notes on the northern slopes of Lebanon\u003cbr\u003e 3. An exploration of the Alah or 'highland' of Syria\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 1. Anthropological collections from the Holy Land\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 2. Suggestions of readings for the Greek inscriptions not in M. Waddington\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 3. Plants from the Lebanon not in the British Museum Herbarium\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Middle Eastern history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Middle Eastern history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Middle%20Eastern%20history%20%5BHBJF1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJF1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266097959192,"sku":"9781108052047","price":58.38,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108052047i_ec8c7e63-b999-40f2-9e0d-3e3dfa250111.jpg?v=1696747088"},{"product_id":"consciousness-creativity-and-self-at-the-dawn-of-settled-life-hardback-9781108484923","title":"Consciousness, Creativity, and Self at the Dawn of Settled Life (Hardback) 9781108484923","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eConsciousness, Creativity, and Self at the Dawn of Settled Life\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eChallenges the widely held assumption that the Neolithic saw an overall cognitive revolution.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eIan Hodder (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108484923, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 5 March 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages, 50 b\/w illus.  3 tables\u003cbr\u003e26 x 18.3 x 2.2 cm, 0.81 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… an introduction by Hodder (Stanford Univ.), which presents the central problem of paleocognition and the Çatalhöyük site, the cognitive scientists consider whether cultural change could cause or encourage cognitive change, while the archaeologists look at various classes of artifacts and their distributions in time and space at Çatalhöyük and other Neolithic sites in the Near East to see if their changes could be related to cognitive changes in the people who made and used them.' L. L. Johnson, Association of American Publishers\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eOver recent years, a number of scholars have argued that the human mind underwent a cognitive revolution in the Neolithic. This volume seeks to test these claims at the Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük in Turkey and in other Neolithic contexts in the Middle East. It brings together cognitive scientists who have developed theoretical frameworks for the study of cognitive change, archaeologists who have conducted research into cognitive change in the Neolithic of the Middle East, and the excavators of the Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük who have over recent years been exploring changes in consciousness, creativity and self in the context of the rich data from the site. Collectively, the authors argue that when detailed data are examined, theoretical evolutionary expectations are not found for these three characteristics. The Neolithic was a time of long, slow and diverse change in which there is little evidence for an internal cognitive revolution.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. Introduction to the Themes, Site, and Region: 1. Introduction to the themes of the volume – cognition and Çatalhöyük Ian Hodder\u003cbr\u003e 2. Hunter-gatherer home-making? Building landscape and community in the Epipalaeolithic Lisa Maher\u003cbr\u003e 3. When time begins to matter Marion Benz\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Higher Levels of Consciousness: 4. Cognitive change and material culture – a disturbed perspective Michael Wheeler\u003cbr\u003e 5. Conscious tokens? Lucy Bennison-Chapman\u003cbr\u003e 6. Brick sizes and architectural regularities Marek Z. Baranski\u003cbr\u003e 7. The meronomic model of cognitive change, and its application to Neolithic Çatalhöyük Chris Thornton\u003cbr\u003e 8. Containers and creativity in the Late Neolithic Upper Mesopotamian Olivier Nieuwenhuyse\u003cbr\u003e 9. Creativity and innovation in the geometric wall paintings at Çatalhöyük Ian Hodder and Nazli Gurlek\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Greater Awareness of an Integrated Personal Self: 10. Personal memory, the scaffolded mind, and cognitive change in the Neolithic John Sutton\u003cbr\u003e 11. Adorning the self Milena Vasic\u003cbr\u003e 12. From parts a whole? Exploring changes in funerary practices at Çatalhöyük Scott D. Haddow, Eline M. J. Schotsmans, Marco Milella, Marin A. Pilloud, Belinda Tibbets and Christopher J. Knusel\u003cbr\u003e 13. 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