I. JAFFA GATE -- II. GLAMOUR OF THE HOLY LAND -- III. DESERT LIFE -- IV. VILLAGE LIFE -- V. TOWN LIFE -- VI. RELIGIOUS LIFE -- VII. SOCIAL... Show moreI. JAFFA GATE -- II. GLAMOUR OF THE HOLY LAND -- III. DESERT LIFE -- IV. VILLAGE LIFE -- V. TOWN LIFE -- VI. RELIGIOUS LIFE -- VII. SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE HOLY LAND -- Vlll. HOLY PLACES IN THE HOLY LAND Main Heritage Shelves General DS107.3 .G66 1927 Book Item-ID: i1022998x BIB-ID: 1024634 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 William J.W. Roome; with thirty-two pages of illustrations from photographs by the author and a map. Includes index. Main Heritage Shelves General ... Show moreby William J.W. Roome; with thirty-two pages of illustrations from photographs by the author and a map. Includes index. Main Heritage Shelves General DT12 R55 1930 Book Item-ID: i10232370 BIB-ID: 1024873 Show less
At head of title: Henri Laoust. Main Heritage Shelves General DS234 .M9 R224 1938 Book Item-ID: i10127938 BIB-ID: 2523481 Includes bibliographical... Show moreAt head of title: Henri Laoust. Main Heritage Shelves General DS234 .M9 R224 1938 Book Item-ID: i10127938 BIB-ID: 2523481 Includes bibliographical references. Show less
Description and travel, Description and travel, DS48.2 .C69 1894, 915.3044
by H. Swainson Cowper ... Main Heritage Shelves General DS48.2 .C69 1894 Book Item-ID: i10230890 BIB-ID: 1024725 Show moreby H. Swainson Cowper ... Main Heritage Shelves General DS48.2 .C69 1894 Book Item-ID: i10230890 BIB-ID: 1024725 Show less
Description and travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, DS49 .G74 1932
by Wilfred Thomason Grenfell. Main Heritage Shelves General DS49 .G74 1932 Book Item-ID: i10124962 BIB-ID: 1014132 Show moreby Wilfred Thomason Grenfell. Main Heritage Shelves General DS49 .G74 1932 Book Item-ID: i10124962 BIB-ID: 1014132 Show less
الأربعون النووية / يحيى بن شرف الدين النووي الشافعي -- عمدة الأحكام من كلام خير الأنام / عبد الغني تقي الدين أبي محمد بن عبد الله بن علي بن سرور... Show moreالأربعون النووية / يحيى بن شرف الدين النووي الشافعي -- عمدة الأحكام من كلام خير الأنام / عبد الغني تقي الدين أبي محمد بن عبد الله بن علي بن سرور المقدسي -- أصول الإيمان ؛ فضل الإسلام ؛ الكبائر ؛ نصيحة المسلمين بأحاديث خاتم المرسلين / تأليف أبي عبد الله محمد بن عبد الوهاب -- الرسالة السنية في الصلاة وما يلزم فيها / تأليف أبو عبد الله أحمد بن حنبل -- كتاب الصلاة ؛ الوابل الصيب في الكلم الطيب / للإمام شمس الدين محمد بن أبي بكر العروف بابن قيم الجوزية. Main Heritage Shelves General BP135.A3 M355 1963 Book Item-ID: i15671185 BIB-ID: 2530783 Show less
The author was the son of an official within Abdul Hamid's court and a journalist. The book is an attack on the personality of the Ottoman sultan... Show moreThe author was the son of an official within Abdul Hamid's court and a journalist. The book is an attack on the personality of the Ottoman sultan Abdul Hamid II. He is portrayed as paranoid, violent, promiscuous, a hard task master, and so forth. The lack of dates for incidents or citations for sources does not allow the text to be easily verified. by Georges Dorys...tr. by Arthur Hornblow. Show less
نقد وتفسيرالمتنبي، أبو الطيب أحمد بن الحسين، , 915 أو 916-965،, الأدب العربي--تاريخ ونقد, الشعر العربي, الشعر العربي--العصر العباسي, PJ7750.I273 A43 1926
تصنيف أبى عبيد الله محمد بن شرف القيروانى ؛ عنى بتصحيح وضبط ألفاظه عبد العزيز أمين الخانجى. الكشف عن مساوئ شعر المتنبي / للوزير أبى القاسم اسماعيل... Show moreتصنيف أبى عبيد الله محمد بن شرف القيروانى ؛ عنى بتصحيح وضبط ألفاظه عبد العزيز أمين الخانجى. الكشف عن مساوئ شعر المتنبي / للوزير أبى القاسم اسماعيل بن عياد المشهور بالصاحب بن عباد. به مقدمة كتاب ذم الخطأ في الشعر لأبو حسين بن فارس. Main Heritage Shelves General PJ7750.I273 A43 1926 Book Item-ID: i21900796 BIB-ID: 2517869 Show less
تأليف الإمام شيخ الإسلام تقي الدين أحمد بن تيمية. ويليه نقل من الكواكب الدراري / ترتيب الشيخ بن عروة الدمشقي ؛ صحح أصله وعلق عليه بعض الهوامش... Show moreتأليف الإمام شيخ الإسلام تقي الدين أحمد بن تيمية. ويليه نقل من الكواكب الدراري / ترتيب الشيخ بن عروة الدمشقي ؛ صحح أصله وعلق عليه بعض الهوامش السيد محمد رشيد رضا منشىء مجلة المنار. Main Heritage Shelves General BP166.825 .I268 1909 Book Item-ID: i23596612 BIB-ID: 2517467 Show less
تأليف الدكتور جيمس انس الاميريكي بمساعدة الاستاذ رزق الله البرباوي. وهو كتاب يتضمن فوائد كثيرة في فن تفسير الكتاب المقدس وتاريخه وما تهم المفسر... Show moreتأليف الدكتور جيمس انس الاميريكي بمساعدة الاستاذ رزق الله البرباوي. وهو كتاب يتضمن فوائد كثيرة في فن تفسير الكتاب المقدس وتاريخه وما تهم المفسر معرفته عن لغتيه الاصليتين ونسخة وترجماته القديمة Main Heritage Shelves General BS476 .I57 1942 Book Item-ID: i21372767 BIB-ID: 2517739 Show less
retold by Laurence Housman ; with drawings by Edmund Dulac. Printed in Great Britain. Each plate accompanied by guard sheet with descriptive... Show moreretold by Laurence Housman ; with drawings by Edmund Dulac. Printed in Great Britain. Each plate accompanied by guard sheet with descriptive letterpress. Show less
by William J.W. Roome; with thirty-two pages of illustrations from photographs by the author and a map. Includes index. Show moreby William J.W. Roome; with thirty-two pages of illustrations from photographs by the author and a map. Includes index. Show less
by Fredrika Bremer. Tr. by Mary Howitt. Translation of: Familjen H--- Main Heritage Shelves General PT9737 .B74 1853 Book Item-ID: i1553022x BIB-ID: 1005664 Show moreby Fredrika Bremer. Tr. by Mary Howitt. Translation of: Familjen H--- Main Heritage Shelves General PT9737 .B74 1853 Book Item-ID: i1553022x BIB-ID: 1005664 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. 2 Item-ID: i10230592 BIB-ID: 1024695 Show less
conducted by James Henry Breasted ... Main Heritage Shelves General DT55 .B73 1900 Book Item-ID: i15637116 BIB-ID: 2497973 Show moreconducted by James Henry Breasted ... Main Heritage Shelves General DT55 .B73 1900 Book Item-ID: i15637116 BIB-ID: 2497973 Show less