{"product_id":"travels-in-arabia-deserta-paperback-9781108009461","title":"Travels in Arabia Deserta (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108009461","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTravels in Arabia Deserta\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe first of two volumes of Charles Doughty's classic account of travels in Arabia in the late nineteenth century.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCharles Montagu Doughty (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108009461, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 17 June 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e668 pages, 40 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.7 cm, 0.97 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\"\u003eWestern exploration of the Arabian Desert began in the mid-eighteenth century, but it was not until the nineteenth century that the British officers of the Indian colonial government undertook surveys of the areas remote from the major pilgrimage routes. Charles Doughty (1843–1926) spent two years among various nomad tribes and wrote in 1888 what would be the first comprehensive Western work on the geography of Arabia, in an attempt, as he says in the preface, to 'set forth faithfully some parcel of the soil of Arabia smelling of sàmn and camels'. His classic and justly famous account is a fantastic piece of travel writing that shows full understanding of the area, the people and all aspects of nomadic life in the desert.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Peraea\u003cbr\u003e 2. The mountains of Edom\u003cbr\u003e 3. The haj journeying in Arabia\u003cbr\u003e 4. Medain Salih\u003cbr\u003e 5. Medain Salih and El-Ally\u003cbr\u003e 6. El-Ally, El-Khreyby, Medain\u003cbr\u003e Appendix to ch. 4, 5 and 6\u003cbr\u003e 7. Return of the haj\u003cbr\u003e 8. The nomad life in the desert\u003cbr\u003e 9. Life in the wandering village\u003cbr\u003e 10. The nomads in the desert\u003cbr\u003e 11. The Fukara wandering as fugitives in another dira\u003cbr\u003e 12. Peace in the desert\u003cbr\u003e 13. Medain revisited\u003cbr\u003e 14. Wandering upon the Harra with the Moahib\u003cbr\u003e 15. Nomad life upon the Harra\u003cbr\u003e 16. The Aarab forsake the Harra\u003cbr\u003e 17. The Moahib summer camp in Wady Thirba\u003cbr\u003e 18. The Fukara summering at El-Hejr\u003cbr\u003e 19. Teyma\u003cbr\u003e 20. The date harvest\u003cbr\u003e 21. The Jebel\u003cbr\u003e 22. Hayil\u003cbr\u003e Appendix to Volume 1.\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":46265923207448,"sku":"9781108009461","price":53.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108009461i_b05b7466-8701-42dc-b12d-231f2e5db93b.jpg?v=1694867449","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/travels-in-arabia-deserta-paperback-9781108009461","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}