Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift
Comprehending an Account of those Territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as Sacred
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Johann Ludwig Burckhardt (1784-1817), the great Swiss Orientalist, devoted his regrettably short life to travels and explorations in Africa and the near east, under the aegis of the African association. Under the name of Shaikh Ibrahim Ibn Abdullah and wearing local dress, he gained a profound knowledge of Islamic Law and Customs, and a mastery of both contemporary and classical Arabic of the Qur'an seldom equalled by a European. Burckhardt arrived in Cairo from Syria in 1812. Later he travelled up the Nile...
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1988 1x BEKROOND Uitgever: Hyperion Books 494 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 1850771952 ISBN-13: 9781850771951Koop dit boek tweedehands
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