Title page: "Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed, 16 June 1853." On cover: Second report: Brought from the Lords. 1853. Report presents... Show moreTitle page: "Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed, 16 June 1853." On cover: Second report: Brought from the Lords. 1853. Report presents evidence from 16 individuals Main Heritage Shelves General DS475 .S33 1853 Book Item-ID: i20234491 BIB-ID: 2497370 Third Report from the Select Committee of the House of Lords, appointed to inquire into the operation of the Act 3 & 4 Will. 4, c. 85, for the better government of Her Majesty's Indian Territories, and to report their observations thereon to The House, and to whom leave was given to report from time to time to The House, and to whom were referred several Petitions, Papers and Documents, relative to the subject-matter of the Inquiry ; together with the Minutes of evidence, and appendix and index thereto, Session 1852-3. Show less
Title page: "Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed, 16 June 1853." Report presents evidence from 37 individuals. Main Heritage Shelves General ... Show moreTitle page: "Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed, 16 June 1853." Report presents evidence from 37 individuals. Main Heritage Shelves General DS475 .S33 1853 Book Item-ID: i10170212 BIB-ID: 1018657 First Report from the Select Committee of the House of Lords, appointed to inquire into the operation of the Act 3 & 4 Will. 4, c. 85, for the better government of Her Majesty's Indian Territories, and to report their observations thereon to The House, and to whom leave was given to report from time to time to The House, and to whom were referred several Petitions, Papers and Documents, relative to the subject-matter of the Inquiry ; together with the Minutes of evidence, and appendix and index thereto, Session 1852-3. Show less
by J. Clark. Originally published in Edinburgh, 1788. "J. Taylor, Bookseller, 130 North Street, Brighton and 162 Great Surrey Street, London.... Show moreby J. Clark. Originally published in Edinburgh, 1788. "J. Taylor, Bookseller, 130 North Street, Brighton and 162 Great Surrey Street, London. Stationary - Periodicals supplied - Bookbinding" --upper left corner inside of the front cover. Main Heritage Shelves General SF951 .C53 1790 Book Item-ID: i23356170 BIB-ID: 2499113 Show less
Includes information on before the oil era, architecture of ʻAsir and Tihamah, handicrafts, the Bedouin, Neolithic tools, who is an Arab,... Show moreIncludes information on before the oil era, architecture of ʻAsir and Tihamah, handicrafts, the Bedouin, Neolithic tools, who is an Arab, frankincense, the Tayma stone, the prayer rug, the Five Pillars of Islam, the Hijri calendar and the two festivals, how Islamic science reached Europe, Arabic numerals, Arabic language, Arabic literature, the development of Islamic law, tribal settlers and nomads, rood, dress, money, music, Saudi women today, climate, falconry, crude oil, gasoline, the search for oil and gas, geology of Arabia, environmental accountability, Saudi Arabia and world energy, Makkah (Mecca), etc. Preface -- Introduction -- ch. 1. A land transformed -- "Put your trust in God and sign!" -- Adapting to change -- Landscape and geology -- Water sources : ancient and modern -- The land the oilmen entered -- Najd : heartland of Saudi Arabia -- The eastern province -- The Hijaz and the holy cities -- ʻAsir and the southwest -- The north -- Nomadic tribes and diverse townspeople -- Forging a new state -- Related topics -- Najd -- King ʻAbd al-ʻAziz Historical Center -- Before the oil era -- Old Jiddah -- Architecture of ʻAsir and Tihamah -- Handicrafts -- The Bedouin -- ch. 2. Arabia before Islam -- The people of Arabia -- In the beginning -- The Neolithic revolution -- Bronze Age Arabia -- The 2nd millennium BC : camel domestication, nomads and settlers -- The first "Arabs" -- Kingdoms and caravan cities -- Najran -- Bir Hima -- The Hijaz and ʻAsir -- Al-ʻUla and Madain Salih -- Tayma -- Al-Jawf and Wadi al-Sirhan -- Qaryat al-Faw -- Southern Najd -- Gerrha -- Qatif -- Thaj -- Central and northern Najd -- The "age of ignorance" -- Religion during the Jahiliyah -- Related topics -- Neolithic tools -- Who is an Arab? -- Frankincense -- The Tayma stone -- ch. 3. The revelation and the Ummah -- Contributions to world civilization -- The life of the Prophet Muhammad -- The first revelation -- Persecution and the Hijrah -- The first Muslim community in Madinah -- Battles with Quraysh -- The first attempt to revisit Makkah -- The death of the Prophet -- The question of succession -- The unification of Arabia and expansion -- The partisans of ʻAli -- The Umayyads -- The ʻAbbasids -- The translation and transmission of science -- Related topics -- The prayer rug -- The five pillars of Islam -- The Hijri calendar and the two festivals -- The rightly guided caliphs -- The holy Quran -- Arabic writing -- Qasr ʻAmra -- How Islamic science reached Europe -- Arabic numerals -- The Arabic language -- Arabic literature -- ch. 4. Arabia since the revelation -- The heartland -- Arbia in ʻAbbasid times -- Arabia in Fatimid times -- Arabia in Ayyubid times -- The Karimi merchants -- Arabia in Mamluk times -- The coming of the Portuguese -- Arabia in Ottoman times -- Tribal activity -- Related topics -- The development of Islamic law -- The Dinar -- Two travelers -- Zheng He and the Ming voyages -- Ahmad ibn Majid -- Arabian coffee takes over the world -- Western knowledge of Islamic lands -- ch. 5. The emergence of the Saudi state, 1700-1932 -- A historic meeting -- The reform movement and the Muwahhidun -- The first Saudi state, 1744-1818 -- The siege and fall of al-Dirʻiyah -- The second Saudi state, 1824-91 -- Exile, 1891-1902 -- Riyadh recovered, January 1902 -- The unification of the kingdom, 1902-27 -- The Battle of al-Dilam, 1902 -- Al-Qasim, 1904-06 -- Consolidation, 1906-12 -- The Ikhwan : harnessing the nomadic tribes -- Expansion into al-Hasa, 1913 -- World War I, 1914-18 -- The Khurmah dispute, 1919 -- ʻAsir, Hayil and the northern border, 1919-22 -- Annexation of the Hijaz and international recognition, 1924-27 -- Crisis and final triumph -- Related topics -- Tribal settlers and nomads -- Early European visitors to the Hijaz -- Rulers of the House of Saʻud -- Early travelers to Riyadh -- The Maria Theresa Thaler -- Captain William Shakespear -- The pilgrimage under the new Saudi Order -- ch. 6. Tradition and modernization, 1932-present -- A 'modest' step -- World War II -- The postwar years -- King Saʻud -- International relations -- Social change -- King Faysal -- International relations -- King Faysal's last years -- King Khalid -- Development -- Internal tensions -- International relations -- King Fahd -- Development -- Foreign relations in the 1980s and ʼ90s -- Reforms of 1992-93 -- Provincial administration -- Stern challenges -- King ʻAbd Allah -- Challenges of the future -- Related topics -- Food -- Dress -- Money -- Music -- Expanding the Holy places -- Saudi women today -- ch. 7. Wildlife and conservation -- A unique ecology -- Deserts -- Oases -- The Arabian Gulf -- The Red Sea -- The Western Mountains -- Related topics -- Climate -- Falconry -- ch. 8. Tapping the treasure -- The worldʼs biggest business -- The golden corridor -- Ancient oil seeps -- The oil industry in the Middle East -- World War I -- The red line -- Bahrain -- The concession agreement -- Discovery! -- Entering the oil era -- Postwar expansion -- People and production -- New arrangements -- Becoming Saudi Aramco -- A new century -- Global reach -- Technological revolution -- How long can oil last? -- Related topics -- Crude oil -- Gasoline -- The search for oil and gas -- Masjid-i-Suleiman -- Charles R. Crane -- ʻAbd Allah al-Sulayman -- Mapping the future -- Geology of Arabia -- The Jabal School -- A pioneer outside the oil fields -- NYMEX trading -- History of the concession area -- Environmental accountability -- Oil and gas operations -- An expanding enterprise -- "Let the genie out of the bottle" -- Saudi Arabia and world energy -- The people of Saudi Aramco -- Charts & diagrams -- Government revenues -- Employees -- Oil operations -- Gas operations -- Oil consumption/production/reserves -- Maps -- Saudi Arabia today -- Geographic regions and ancient river systems -- Tribes of Arabia on the eve of unification (early 20th century) -- Sea trade routes (3rd and early 2nd millennia BC) -- First Arab tribes (early 1st millennium BC) -- Countries of the Arab League -- Pre-Islamic trade routes (100 Common Era) -- Nabataean Kingdom (100 BC-100 Common Era) -- Archeological sites of the Gerrha Period (300 BC-300 Common Era) -- Tribes at the time of the Prophet (570-632) -- Expansion of Islam (634-751) -- Major pilgrimage routes of Arabia in pre-modern times -- Indian Ocean-Pacific trade routes (c. 1000) -- Trade network (c. 1250) -- Extent of the first Saudi state (1808) -- Ibrahim Pasha's invasion route (1816-18) -- Unification of Saudi Arabia (1902-34) -- Saudi Arabia's provinces -- Saudi Arabian wildlife habitats -- The golden corridor -- Red line agreement -- Surface geology of the Arabian Peninsula -- The concession area (1933-86) -- Prospective areas (1986-present) -- Joint-venture gas exploration -- Saudi Aramco operations -- Saudi Aramco subsidiaries, affiliates, joint ventures and principal export routes -- Index -- Further reading -- Acknowledgments -- Photo credits. edited by Arthur P. Clark, Muhammad A. Tahlawi ; authors, William Facey [and others] ; contributing editors, Thomas A. Pledge [and others]. Main Heritage Compact General DS204 .L36 2006 Reference Item-ID: i2447504x BIB-ID: 2555419 Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-321) and index. Show less
Description and travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, G160 .T44 1687
Includes index. Pagination: Part 1: [38], 291, [1], [1] leaf of plates. Part 2: [2], 104, [105]-[108], 105-176, 179-200 p., [3] leaves of plates.... Show moreIncludes index. Pagination: Part 1: [38], 291, [1], [1] leaf of plates. Part 2: [2], 104, [105]-[108], 105-176, 179-200 p., [3] leaves of plates. Part 3: [2], 64, 63-90, (91)-(93), [1], 91-114, [4] p. Parts I-III have part title pages. Running title differs in part 3: "Travels into the Indies". Engraved portrait of the author facing title page, signed "W. Faithorne sc." Statement on title page: "Licensed, Decemb. 2. 1686. Ro. L'Estrange." Unnumbered pages. Part 1: Title page, eleven-page preface by the translator, signed "A. Lovell", eight-page letter from Monsieur de la Croix to the author, twelve-page tables of contents for parts 1-3, one-page errata list, and part title page. Part 2: part title leaf. Part 3: part title leaf; four-page index of geographical names at end of vol. Main Heritage Shelves General G160 .T44 1687 Book Item-ID: i10233817 BIB-ID: 1025017 Show less
Ramsay, A.M. Proodos. [Bion dead. From Moschus, Id. II] -- I. Ramsay, A.M. Issurian and east-Phrygian art in the third and fourth centuries after... Show moreRamsay, A.M. Proodos. [Bion dead. From Moschus, Id. II] -- I. Ramsay, A.M. Issurian and east-Phrygian art in the third and fourth centuries after Christ. -- II. Calder, W.M. Smyrna as described by the orator Aelius Aristides. -- III. Petrie, A. Epitaphs in Phrygian Greek. -- IV. Fraser, J. Inheritance by adoption and marriage in Phrygia, as shown in the epitaphs of Trophimos and his relatives. -- V. Callander, T. Explorations in Lyaconia and Isauria, 1904. -- VI. Anderson, J.G.C. Paganism and Christianity in the upper Tembris valley. -- VII. Ramsay, W.M. Preliminary report to the Wilson trustees on exploration in Phrygia and Lyaconia. -- VIII. Ramsay, W.M. The war of Moslem and Christian for the possession of Asia Minor. -- IX. Ramsay, W.M. The Teküioreian guest-friends : an anti-Christian society on the imperial estates at Pisidian Antioch. -- Notes and corrections. -- Ramsay, A.M., Fraser, J. Anderdon, W.R. Epodos. -- Index. ed. by W.M. Ramsay. Printed for private distribution. Another issue, differing in the preface, has imprint: London, Hodder & Stoughton, Asia Minor exploration fund, 1906. Article VIII: The Rede lecture in the University of Cambridge, 1906. Reprinted from the "Contemporary review." Show less
Morton, Samuel George , 1799-1851, Ethnology in the Bible, Monogenism and polygenism, Chronology, GN23 .N68 1854, 572 N91
by J.C. Nott and Geo. R. Gliddon. "Memoir of the life and scientific labors of Samuel George Morton / by Henry S. Patterson": p. xvii-lvii. Main... Show moreby J.C. Nott and Geo. R. Gliddon. "Memoir of the life and scientific labors of Samuel George Morton / by Henry S. Patterson": p. xvii-lvii. Main Heritage Shelves General GN23 .N68 1854 Book Item-ID: i10236284 BIB-ID: 1025264 Includes bibliographical references (p. 717-732). Show less
UniformsTurkey. Ordu, UniformsTurkey. Ordu, Military uniforms, UC485.T9 M55 1818
Illustrated by a series of engravings, from drawings made on the spot. The pages are not in order. The plates and engraved t.p. are hand-colored. Main... Show moreIllustrated by a series of engravings, from drawings made on the spot. The pages are not in order. The plates and engraved t.p. are hand-colored. Main Heritage Shelves General UC485.T9 M55 1818 Book Item-ID: i2418357x BIB-ID: 2559395 Show less
Marei, Nasr , 1942-2017, Gleannloch Farms., Hamdan Stables., Arabian horse--Breeding, Arabian horse--Breeding--United States--Photographs, Horse farms, Horse farms--United States
Title form item, date devised by Library staff. The album also includes 8 leaflets, 7 printed documents, 3 brochures, 2 booklets, 16 magazine... Show moreTitle form item, date devised by Library staff. The album also includes 8 leaflets, 7 printed documents, 3 brochures, 2 booklets, 16 magazine cuttings all related to sires and mares form Gleannloch Farms; also, 2 pieces of correspondence between Judith Forbis and James L. Reed and Rhita McNair from Gleannloch Farms. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.FOR.0158 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2198928x BIB-ID: 2355266 Show less
by John Clark Archer. The author's doctoral dissertation, Yale university, 1922, but not published as a thesis. Show moreby John Clark Archer. The author's doctoral dissertation, Yale university, 1922, but not published as a thesis. Show less
Horses in art, Horses in art--Juvenile literature, N7668.H6 Z84 1964
by Ruth Zuelke ; designed by Robert Clark Nelson. Main Heritage Shelves General N7668.H6 Z84 1964 Book Item-ID: i17080174 BIB-ID: 1526626 Show moreby Ruth Zuelke ; designed by Robert Clark Nelson. Main Heritage Shelves General N7668.H6 Z84 1964 Book Item-ID: i17080174 BIB-ID: 1526626 Show less
Spanish literature (Collections), Spanish literature Translations into English, English literature Translations from Spanish, PJ409 .M66 1902
Moorish ballads, Romanceros moriscos, metrical translation by E. Wilson, A.M.--Moorish romances, metrical translation, by J. Lockhart.--The story... Show moreMoorish ballads, Romanceros moriscos, metrical translation by E. Wilson, A.M.--Moorish romances, metrical translation, by J. Lockhart.--The story of Sidi Brahim of Massat, tr. by R. Basset and C.C. Starkweather.--Five Berber stories, tr. by G. Mercier and C.C. Starkweather.--Poems of the Maghreb, tr. by M.C. Sonneck and C.C. Starkweather.--Popular tales of the Berbers, tr. by R. Basset and C.C. Starkweather.--Popular tales of the Kabyles, tr. by J. Rivière and C.C. Starkweather. translated into English for the first time, with a special introduction by René Basset. Each plate accompanied by guard sheet with descriptive letterpress. Edition of 500 copies. This copy not numbered. Issued also in the World's great classics, v. 45; without Basset's introduction. Main Heritage Shelves General PJ409 .M66 1902 Book Item-ID: i10147135 BIB-ID: 1016349 Show less
by Barrett H. Clark & Maxim Lieber. Main Heritage Shelves General PZ1.C545 Gr 1926 Book Item-ID: i1009846x BIB-ID: 1011482 "Reading list": p. 1068. Show moreby Barrett H. Clark & Maxim Lieber. Main Heritage Shelves General PZ1.C545 Gr 1926 Book Item-ID: i1009846x BIB-ID: 1011482 "Reading list": p. 1068. Show less
Judith -- Daphnis and Chloe / Longus -- Cupid and Psyche / Apuleius -- Apaharavarman's adventure / Dandin -- The voyages of Sinbad / Arabian Nights... Show moreJudith -- Daphnis and Chloe / Longus -- Cupid and Psyche / Apuleius -- Apaharavarman's adventure / Dandin -- The voyages of Sinbad / Arabian Nights -- Sir Galahad / Sir Thomas Malory -- Apolonius and Silla / Barnabe Riche -- Incognita / William Congreve -- Rosanna / Maria Edgeworth -- The Bedford-row conspiracy / W.M. Thackeray -- Rain / W. Somerset Maugham -- The apple tree / John Galsworthy -- Poor Heinrich / Hartmann von Aue -- Peter Schlemihl / Adalbert von Chamisso -- Immensee / Theodor Storm -- Aucassin and Nicolette -- Zadig / Voltaire -- Carmen / Prosper Mim -- The pastoral symphony / André Gide -- Romeo and Giulietta / Matteo Bandello -- In silence / Luigi Pirandello -- The test of friendship / Juan Perez de Montalván -- Their son / Eduardo Zamacios -- The miraculous portrait / Marvelous tales -- The old bambo-hewer's story -- Outlawed / Juhani Aho -- A lear of the steppes / Ivan Turgenev -- A sky-blue life / Maxim Gorky -- Tomek Baran / Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont -- The dream of Doctor Mišić / Ljuba Babic-Gjalski -- Childless / Ignat Hermann -- The bridal march / Björnstjerne Björnson -- The four devils / Herman Bang -- Rip Van Winkle / Washington Irving -- Daisy Miller / Henry James -- Youma / Lafcadio Hearn -- Evelina's garden / Mary E. Wilkins Freeman -- Tubal Cain / Joseph Hergesheimer. by Barrett H. Clark. Main Heritage Shelves General PZ1.C545 C53 1929 Book Item-ID: i15640590 BIB-ID: 2498158 Includes bibliographical references (pages 1301-1302) and index. Show less
The lure of the Orient: Early photography of the Middle East -- Orientalism and photography -- Gardens of sand: commercial photography in the... Show moreThe lure of the Orient: Early photography of the Middle East -- Orientalism and photography -- Gardens of sand: commercial photography in the Middle East, 1859-1905 -- Middle East images. Issam Nassar, Patricia Almárcegui, Clark Worswick. Published in English and Spanish. Photographs from the Clark & Joan Worswick Collection, the Jorge Virgili Collection, and a private collection. Includes a short biographical index of commercial photographers active in Middle East in the nineteenth century. Main Heritage Reading Room TR113.5 .N37 2010 Reference Item-ID: i23190991 BIB-ID: 2494044 Includes bibliographical references. Show less
