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Category : Horn of Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 1
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Regarding Speke's troubles in Somaliland, "... Lt. Speke ... a member of the Somali Expedition has reported to me in the strongest terms the bad conduct of Mhammed Samattar (sic) his Abar guide ..., Lt. Speke has been plundered, threatened, detained, & impeded from entering the country which he was directed to explore. If such conduct be allowed to pass unnoticed, or rather, I should say, if it be not visited with severe chastisement, I apprehend that it will be prejudicial to the future of the Expedition ... I have directed Lt. Speke to call at your office today and supported by his two ministers ... to proffer a special complaint."
Richard Francis Burton Autograph Letter Signed, to the British Assistant Political Resident at Aden [William M. Coghlan], Dated 21 February 1855, from Camp Aden
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Category : Horn of Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 1
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Regarding Speke's troubles in Somaliland, "... Lt. Speke ... a member of the Somali Expedition has reported to me in the strongest terms the bad conduct of Mhammed Samattar (sic) his Abar guide ..., Lt. Speke has been plundered, threatened, detained, & impeded from entering the country which he was directed to explore. If such conduct be allowed to pass unnoticed, or rather, I should say, if it be not visited with severe chastisement, I apprehend that it will be prejudicial to the future of the Expedition ... I have directed Lt. Speke to call at your office today and supported by his two ministers ... to proffer a special complaint."
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Category : Horn of Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 1
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Regarding Speke's troubles in Somaliland, "... Lt. Speke ... a member of the Somali Expedition has reported to me in the strongest terms the bad conduct of Mhammed Samattar (sic) his Abar guide ..., Lt. Speke has been plundered, threatened, detained, & impeded from entering the country which he was directed to explore. If such conduct be allowed to pass unnoticed, or rather, I should say, if it be not visited with severe chastisement, I apprehend that it will be prejudicial to the future of the Expedition ... I have directed Lt. Speke to call at your office today and supported by his two ministers ... to proffer a special complaint."
One Hundred Years of Singapore
Author: Walter Makepeace
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Category : Singapore
Languages : en
Pages : 842
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Category : Singapore
Languages : en
Pages : 842
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A History of Slavery and Emancipation in Iran, 1800–1929
Author: Behnaz A. Mirzai
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 1477311882
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
The first history of slavery in this key Middle Eastern country and how it shaped the nation’s unique character. Slavery in the Middle East is a growing field of study, but the history of slavery in a key country, Iran, has never before been written. This history extends to Africa in the west and India in the east, to Russia and Turkmenistan in the north, and to the Arab states in the south. As the slave trade between Iran and these regions shifted over time, it transformed the nation and helped forge its unique culture and identity. Thus, a history of Iranian slavery is crucial to understanding the character of the modern nation. Drawing on extensive archival research in Iran, Tanzania, England, and France, as well as fieldwork and interviews in Iran, Behnaz A. Mirzai offers the first history of slavery in modern Iran from the early nineteenth century to emancipation in the mid-twentieth century. She investigates how foreign military incursion, frontier insecurity, political instability, and economic crisis altered the patterns of enslavement, as well as the ethnicity of the slaves themselves. Mirzai’s interdisciplinary analysis illuminates the complex issues surrounding the history of the slave trade and the process of emancipation in Iran, while also giving voice to social groups that have never been studied: enslaved Africans and Iranians. Her research builds a clear case that the trade in slaves was inexorably linked to the authority of the state. During periods of greater decentralization, slave trading increased, while periods of greater governmental autonomy saw more freedom and peace. “This is a major contribution to the study of enslavement in Iran, which will doubtlessly become a must-read for any future studies of Middle Eastern and Islamic enslavement and abolition, as well as for any work on Iranian history in general.” —Ehud R. Toledano, Tel Aviv University, author of As If Silent and Absent: Bonds of Enslavement in the Islamic Middle East “While this book will be revelatory to scholars of Iran, it also promises to engage with theoretical trends in the study of slavery elsewhere. It frames many research questions broadly to engage with scholars of slavery in other Muslim lands, as well as slavery elsewhere.” —Kamran Scot Aghaie, University of Texas at Austin, coeditor of Rethinking Iranian Nationalism and Modernity
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 1477311882
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
The first history of slavery in this key Middle Eastern country and how it shaped the nation’s unique character. Slavery in the Middle East is a growing field of study, but the history of slavery in a key country, Iran, has never before been written. This history extends to Africa in the west and India in the east, to Russia and Turkmenistan in the north, and to the Arab states in the south. As the slave trade between Iran and these regions shifted over time, it transformed the nation and helped forge its unique culture and identity. Thus, a history of Iranian slavery is crucial to understanding the character of the modern nation. Drawing on extensive archival research in Iran, Tanzania, England, and France, as well as fieldwork and interviews in Iran, Behnaz A. Mirzai offers the first history of slavery in modern Iran from the early nineteenth century to emancipation in the mid-twentieth century. She investigates how foreign military incursion, frontier insecurity, political instability, and economic crisis altered the patterns of enslavement, as well as the ethnicity of the slaves themselves. Mirzai’s interdisciplinary analysis illuminates the complex issues surrounding the history of the slave trade and the process of emancipation in Iran, while also giving voice to social groups that have never been studied: enslaved Africans and Iranians. Her research builds a clear case that the trade in slaves was inexorably linked to the authority of the state. During periods of greater decentralization, slave trading increased, while periods of greater governmental autonomy saw more freedom and peace. “This is a major contribution to the study of enslavement in Iran, which will doubtlessly become a must-read for any future studies of Middle Eastern and Islamic enslavement and abolition, as well as for any work on Iranian history in general.” —Ehud R. Toledano, Tel Aviv University, author of As If Silent and Absent: Bonds of Enslavement in the Islamic Middle East “While this book will be revelatory to scholars of Iran, it also promises to engage with theoretical trends in the study of slavery elsewhere. It frames many research questions broadly to engage with scholars of slavery in other Muslim lands, as well as slavery elsewhere.” —Kamran Scot Aghaie, University of Texas at Austin, coeditor of Rethinking Iranian Nationalism and Modernity
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A Rage to Live: A Biography of Richard and Isabel Burton
Author: Mary S. Lovell
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 039334455X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 948
Book Description
An "extraordinary biography" (New York Times Book Review) of a brilliant pair of adventurers. Their marriage was both improbable and inevitable. Isabel Arundell was a schoolgirl, the scion of England's most distinguished Catholic family. When she first saw him while walking at a seaside resort, Richard Burton had already made his mark as a linguist (he was fluent in twenty-nine languages), scholar, soldier, and explorer--at once a symbol of Victorian England's vision of empire and an avowed rebel against its mores. When she turned and saw him staring after her, she decided that she would marry him. By their next meeting, Burton had become the first infidel to infiltrate Mecca as one of the faithful, and, in an expedition to discover the source of the Nile, would soon be the first white man to see Lake Tanganyika. After being married, the Burtons traveled and experienced the world, from diplomatic postings in Brazil and Africa to hair-raising adventures in the Syrian desert. In later life Richard courted further controversy as a self-proclaimed erotologist and the translator of The Kama Sutra. Based on previously unavailable archives, Mary Lovell has written a compelling joint biography that sets Isabel in her proper place as Burton's equal in daring and endurance, a fascinating figure in her own right.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 039334455X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 948
Book Description
An "extraordinary biography" (New York Times Book Review) of a brilliant pair of adventurers. Their marriage was both improbable and inevitable. Isabel Arundell was a schoolgirl, the scion of England's most distinguished Catholic family. When she first saw him while walking at a seaside resort, Richard Burton had already made his mark as a linguist (he was fluent in twenty-nine languages), scholar, soldier, and explorer--at once a symbol of Victorian England's vision of empire and an avowed rebel against its mores. When she turned and saw him staring after her, she decided that she would marry him. By their next meeting, Burton had become the first infidel to infiltrate Mecca as one of the faithful, and, in an expedition to discover the source of the Nile, would soon be the first white man to see Lake Tanganyika. After being married, the Burtons traveled and experienced the world, from diplomatic postings in Brazil and Africa to hair-raising adventures in the Syrian desert. In later life Richard courted further controversy as a self-proclaimed erotologist and the translator of The Kama Sutra. Based on previously unavailable archives, Mary Lovell has written a compelling joint biography that sets Isabel in her proper place as Burton's equal in daring and endurance, a fascinating figure in her own right.
Records of Clan Campbell in the Military Service of the Honourable East India Company, 1600-1858
Author: Sir Duncan Alexander Dundas Campbell Campbell (3d bart.)
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 408
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Contains listing of individuals with the surname of Campbell; names of wives, children, brothers, sisters, parents, etc.; dates and places of birth, marriage, death, military service appointments in India, furloughs, occasional obituary transcripts, etc.
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 408
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Contains listing of individuals with the surname of Campbell; names of wives, children, brothers, sisters, parents, etc.; dates and places of birth, marriage, death, military service appointments in India, furloughs, occasional obituary transcripts, etc.
The Ampleforth Journal
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Category : Benedictine movement (Anglican Communion)
Languages : en
Pages : 562
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Category : Benedictine movement (Anglican Communion)
Languages : en
Pages : 562
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Bombay and Western India
Author: James Douglas
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Category : Bombay (India : State)
Languages : en
Pages : 462
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Category : Bombay (India : State)
Languages : en
Pages : 462
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