Main Heritage Shelves General DS48 .B78 1818 Book vol.3 Item-ID: i20302654 BIB-ID: 1006803 Show moreMain Heritage Shelves General DS48 .B78 1818 Book vol.3 Item-ID: i20302654 BIB-ID: 1006803 Show less
Introduction. Résumé of central Asian exploration -- The plan and objects of my journey -- Across Russia to Orenburg -- Across the Kirghiz Steppes... Show moreIntroduction. Résumé of central Asian exploration -- The plan and objects of my journey -- Across Russia to Orenburg -- Across the Kirghiz Steppes -- From Lake Aral to Tashkend -- From Tashkend to Margelan -- The Syr-Daria -- A winter journey over the Pamirs. Up the Isafaïran Valley -- Over the Tenghiz-Bai Pass -- Up the Alaï Valley -- Over the Trans-Alaï -- Lake Kara-Kul -- Population of the Russian Pamirs -- Geographical summary -- Fort Pamir -- The Mus-Tagh-Ata and its glaciers. From the Murghab to Bulun-Kul -- Mus-Tagh-Ata -- An attempt to climb Mus-Tagh-Ata -- Reminiscences of a Kashgar -- A Chinese dinner-party -- From Kashgar to Ighiz-Yar -- Through the Gorge of Tenghi-Tar -- The plain of Tagharma -- Among the Kirghiz -- Little Kara-Kul Lake -- Little Kara-Kul Lake (continued) -- Amongst the glaciers of Mus-Tagh-Ata -- My second attempt to ascend Mus-Tagh-Ata -- My third attempt to ascend Mus-Tagh-Ata -- Moonlight on Mus-Tagh-Ata -- To Fort Pamir and back -- Boating adventures on the Little Kara-Kul -- Life among the Kirghiz -- Return to Kashgar -- Across the Takla-Makan Desert. To Maral-Bashi -- An excursion to the Masar-Tagh -- The Shrine of Ordan Padshah -- On th threshold of the desert -- The start from Merket -- Skirting the desert -- An earthly paradise -- In the ban of the desert -- The camels break down -- No water left -- The camp of death -- The crisis comes -- A desperate march -- Human beings at last -- With the shepherds of the Khotan-Daria -- A rescue party -- Down the Kotan-Daria -- From Ak-Su to Kashgar. A summer trip to the southern Pamirs. Over the Ullug-Art Pass -- With the Anglo-Russian Boundary Commission -- Festivities on the Roof of the World -- Over the mountains to the Yarkand-Daria and to Kashgar -- Across the Desert of Gobi to Lop-Nor. From Kashgar to Kargalik -- Alongside the desert to Khotan -- City and oasis of Khotan -- Borasan and its archæological remains -- History of Khotan -- The buried city of Takla-Makan -- A curious shepherd race -- Down the Keriay-Daria -- Where the wild camel lives -- Where is the Tarim? -- Through the forests of the Tarim -- At Korla and Kara-Shahr -- The Lop-Nor problem -- A boat excursion on the northern Lop-Nor -- Along Przhevalsky's Lob-Nor by boat -- The return to Khotan -- The sequel of my desert journey -- Through northern Tibet and Tsaidam. Over the Kwen-Lun Passes -- My caravan : its several members -- We enter uninhabited regions -- Amongst the spurs of the Arka-Tagh -- Searching for a pass -- The deceitful Taghliks -- Over the Arka-Tagh at last -- The wild ass -- Hunting the wild yak -- Lakes without end -- Tibetan storms -- Discoveries of inscribed stones -- Inhabited regions again -- Among the Mongols of Tsaidam -- Through the Desert of Tsaidam -- Among the Mongolian lakes -- An encounter with Tangut robbers -- From Tsaidam to Peking. Through the country of the Tanguts -- Koko-Nor -- From Koko-Nor to Ten-Kar -- The temple of ten thousand images -- Si-ning-Fu and the Dungan Revolt -- From Sin-Ning-Fu to Liang-Chow-Fu -- Through the Desert of Ala-Shan -- Wang-Yeh-Fu and Ning-Sha -- To Peking and home. by Sven Hedin ; with nearly three hundred illustrations from sketches and photographs by the author. Translated from the Swedish by J.T. Bealby. Includes index. Main Heritage Shelves General DS8 .H44 1898 Book vol. 1 Item-ID: i2343739x BIB-ID: 1024695 Show less
by Sir William Muir. Reprint of the edition of 1915. Main Heritage Shelves General DS236 .M9 1924 Book Item-ID: i15861132 BIB-ID: 2523309 Includes... Show moreby Sir William Muir. Reprint of the edition of 1915. Main Heritage Shelves General DS236 .M9 1924 Book Item-ID: i15861132 BIB-ID: 2523309 Includes bibliographical references (pages 607-612). Show less
Lawrence, T. E. (Thomas Edward) , 1888-1935, Seven pillars of wisdom, D568.4 .L35 1923
Autograph letter from Thomas Edward Lawrence to Robin Botton addressing issues related to the funding of the 1926 subscribers edition of Seven... Show moreAutograph letter from Thomas Edward Lawrence to Robin Botton addressing issues related to the funding of the 1926 subscribers edition of Seven Pillars. Robin Botton was Lawrences financial adviser; he helped him through the process of publishing Seven Pillars. Punch holes affect the text in one place. Main Heritage Office General HC.ARC.2014.0001 Manuscripts Item-ID: i2329243x BIB-ID: 2495638 Show less
Autograph letter from Thomas Edward Lawrence to General Sir Gilbert Clayton, at the time High Commissioner and Commander-in-Chief in Iraq. Lawrence... Show moreAutograph letter from Thomas Edward Lawrence to General Sir Gilbert Clayton, at the time High Commissioner and Commander-in-Chief in Iraq. Lawrence speaks about Iraq and his relationship with King Feisal to whom he asks Clayton to deliver a message. Main Heritage Display General HC.ARC.2014.0002 Manuscripts Item-ID: i23292520 BIB-ID: 2495640 Show less
Palestinian Arabs, Women, Arab, Women, Women--Palestine, Jews--Restoration, DS119.7 .M64 1936
by Mrs. Matiel E.T. Mogannam ; with a foreword by Anthony Crossley, M.P. "First published in 1937." Main Heritage Shelves General DS119.7 .M64 1936 Book ... Show moreby Mrs. Matiel E.T. Mogannam ; with a foreword by Anthony Crossley, M.P. "First published in 1937." Main Heritage Shelves General DS119.7 .M64 1936 Book Item-ID: i10188307 BIB-ID: 1020466 Show less
a translation with introduction by W.H.T. Gairdner ... Main Heritage Shelves General BP166.2 .G513 1924 Book Item-ID: i10051491 BIB-ID: 1006785 Show morea translation with introduction by W.H.T. Gairdner ... Main Heritage Shelves General BP166.2 .G513 1924 Book Item-ID: i10051491 BIB-ID: 1006785 Show less
Islam and philosophy, Metaphysics, Islam and philosophy, Metaphysics, B753.G33 M33 1933
edited by J.T. Muckle. The second part of the author's Maqāsid al-falāsifah. Main Heritage Compact General B753.G33 M33 1933 Book Item-ID: i26179982 BIB... Show moreedited by J.T. Muckle. The second part of the author's Maqāsid al-falāsifah. Main Heritage Compact General B753.G33 M33 1933 Book Item-ID: i26179982 BIB-ID: 2797225 Show less
Description and travel, Description and travel, DS48 .L93 1872
exécuté pendant les années 1866, 1867 et 1868 par T.M. Chevalier Lycklama a Nijeholt. Includes index. Main Heritage Shelves General DS48 .L93 1872 Book ... Show moreexécuté pendant les années 1866, 1867 et 1868 par T.M. Chevalier Lycklama a Nijeholt. Includes index. Main Heritage Shelves General DS48 .L93 1872 Book vol.1 Item-ID: i22346752 BIB-ID: 2393085 Show less
Description and travel, Description and travel, DS48 .L93 1872
exécuté pendant les années 1866, 1867 et 1868 par T.M. Chevalier Lycklama a Nijeholt. Includes index. Main Heritage Shelves General DS48 .L93 1872 Book ... Show moreexécuté pendant les années 1866, 1867 et 1868 par T.M. Chevalier Lycklama a Nijeholt. Includes index. Main Heritage Shelves General DS48 .L93 1872 Book vol.3 Item-ID: i22346776 BIB-ID: 2393085 Show less
