Arabic Proverbs: Or the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians, Illustrated from Their Proverbial Sayings Current at Cairo, Translated and Explained - Hardcover

Burckhardt, Johann Ludwig

 
9781850771838: Arabic Proverbs: Or the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians, Illustrated from Their Proverbial Sayings Current at Cairo, Translated and Explained
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1850771839 ISBN 13: 9781850771838
Verlag: Darf Publishers Ltd, 1990

Inhaltsangabe

Johann Ludwig Burckhardt (1784-1817) was born in Lausanne, Switzerland. In 1806 he first travelled to Africa with an expedition that aimed to explore the continent's inland. Three years later, he was in North Africa where he travelled widely disguised as an Arab. He became so fluent in Arabic dialects and customs that he was able to pass as an Arab merchant, gaining him access to Mecca in 1814, a city forbidden to non-Muslims.

Arabic Proverbs was originally compiled by Sheref Addin Ibn Asad in Cairo at the beginning of the 18th century. Burckhardt translation was first published in 1830 as he believed these sayings may 'interest and gratify the Orientalist'. The work provides an intriguing insight into the mannerisms and customs of Egyptian people two-hundred years ago.

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Verlag
Darf Publishers Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
1990
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1850771839
ISBN 13 
9781850771838
Einband
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Anzahl der Seiten
292
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