An Arab's Journey To Colonial Spanish America (inbunden)
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Format
Inbunden (Hardback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
117
Utgivningsdatum
2003-11-01
Förlag
Syracuse University Press
Översättare
Caesar E Farah
Originalspråk
Arabic
Medarbetare
Farah, Caesar E. (Professor Of Middle Eastern And Islamic History, University Of Minnesota, Usa) (red.)
Illustrationer
1 map, index
Dimensioner
229 x 147 x 14 mm
Vikt
345 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9780815607908

An Arab's Journey To Colonial Spanish America

The Travels of Elias al-Msili in the Seventeenth Century

av Elias Al-Musili, Caesar E Farah
Inbunden,  Engelska, 2003-11-01
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Reverend Antn Rabbt, a respected Jesuit scholar of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, discovered these extraordinary writings in a Jacobite diocese in Aleppo, Syria. Rabbt immediately transcribed into Arabic those portions relating to the remarkable experiences of Reverend Elias-al-Msili, a priest of the Chaldean Church, the first person ever to come to the Americas from Baghdad. Surrounded by a world seemingly filled with exotic miracles, al-Msili shares his perceptions of native peoples, their customs, beliefs, and treatment by Spanish conquistadors. Because of the uniqueness and significance of his journey, al-Msili was supported by the pope himself and authorized by the queen regent of Spain. He provides insightful descriptions of high-level officials and clerics in the New World. And he tells of uncommon visits to royalty in Catholic Europe prior to embarking on a voyage that would turn into a twelve-year adventure (1668-1680). Also featured are rare notes culled from a manuscript in a monastery of the Chaldean Christian rite in Baghdad. Aesthetically appealing and historically important, this unique account remains an invaluable document for scholars of early modern history and of the church in Latin America.
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A welcome addition to the body of translated primary sources on colonial Latin America, in which foreign travelers' accounts are extremely scarce.--Sixteenth Century Journal

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Caesar E. Farah was professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic history at the University of Minnesota. He authored numerous books including Islam, The Sultan's Yemen: Nineteenth-Century Challenge to Ottoman Rule, and Arabs and Ottomans: A Checkered Relationship.

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