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An account of the transactions of His Majesty's mission to the court of Persia: in the years 1807-11

Wahabees, Foreign relations, Foreign relations, Description and travel, DS302 .J66 1834

by Sir Harford Jones Brydges, to which is appended, a brief history of the Wahauby.
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A journal or account of William Daniel, his late expedition or undertaking to go from London to Surrat: In India, giving a short, but impartial relation of the dangers, distresses, fatigues, and hinderances, happening to him during the said expedition till his return to England

Description and travel, DS47 .D36 1702

Reproduction of original from British Library.
NC. Full stop after "Surrat."
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NC. Full stop after "Surrat."
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DS47 .D36 1702
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Item-ID: i10040924
BIB-ID: 1005894
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A Brief account of the Vaudois: His Sardinian Majesty's Protestant subjects in the valleys of Piedmont : in a letter from a gentleman on his travels in Italy

Waldenses, BX8570 .R44

Spine title: Tracts.
With: A candid narrative of the rise and progress of the Herrnhuters / by Henry Rimius. The second edition. London : Printed...
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With: A candid narrative of the rise and progress of the Herrnhuters / by Henry Rimius. The second edition. London : Printed for A. Linde ..., and sold by J. Robinson ..., and Mrs. Cook ..., and J. Barnes ..., 1753.
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Central Asia: comprising Bokhara, Cabool, Persia, the river Indus, & countries eastward of it : constructed from numerous authentic documents, but principally from the original m. surveys of Lieut. Alex Burnes, to whom this map is most respectfully dedicated by his obliged servant

J. Arrowsmith.
"London pubd. 16 June, 1834, by J. Arrowsmith, 35 Essex Street Strand."
Hand colored in outline.
Relief shown by hachures.
This map...
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"London pubd. 16 June, 1834, by J. Arrowsmith, 35 Essex Street Strand."
Hand colored in outline.
Relief shown by hachures.
This map consists well detailed information on Persian Gulf region. Scale: Geographical miles 60 = 1 degree, 150. English miles 69.12 = one degree, 150. [ben. low. marg. l. h.]
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Item-ID: i11400936
BIB-ID: 1172436
Forms part of the Roger S. Baskes Collection at the Newberry Library. ICN
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Portrait of a Bedouin tribesman on the back of his camel

British--History, British--Middle East--History--20th century, Tribes, Tribes--Arabian Peninsula, Bedouin, Bedouin--Arabian Peninsula, History

Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 120.
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Portrait of a Bedouin tribesman on the back of his camel in front of a Palm tree

British--History, British--Middle East--History--20th century, Tribes, Tribes--Arabian Peninsula, Bedouin, Bedouin--Arabian Peninsula, History

Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 121.
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Dhari ibn Tawala of the Aslam Shammar and his tribesmen on horsebacks

Shammar (Arab tribe), History

The Shammar are a tribal confederation made up of three main branches: the Abdah, the Aslam, and the Zoba. Dhari ibn Tawala was the chief of the...
Show moreThe Shammar are a tribal confederation made up of three main branches: the Abdah, the Aslam, and the Zoba. Dhari ibn Tawala was the chief of the Aslam Shammar, a group that also nowadays counts most of his members between Arabia and Iraq. He met John Philby in November 2017, in Zubayr, where the leading tribes leaders had been invited to discuss their involvement in the Arab Revolt. "Dhari was the pivot of the whole arrangement, the link between the desert and the sown [...]" (Philby, John, Heart of Arabia, London, Constable, 1922, p. 238).
Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 123.
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Philby, H. St. J. B. (Harry St. John Bridger), 1885-1960. Heart of Arabia. London, Constable, 1922.
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A man with his donkeys loaded with bundles; on the foreground al-Zubayr city walls

Architecture, Architecture--Iraq, History

Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 134.
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Dhari ibn Tawala of the Aslam Shammar with his tribesmen

Shammar (Arab tribe), History

The Shammar are a tribal confederation made up of three main branches: the Abdah, the Aslam, and the Zoba. Dhari ibn Tawala was the chief of the...
Show moreThe Shammar are a tribal confederation made up of three main branches: the Abdah, the Aslam, and the Zoba. Dhari ibn Tawala was the chief of the Aslam Shammar, a group that also nowadays counts most of his members between Arabia and Iraq. He met John Philby in November 2017, in Zubayr, where the leading tribes leaders had been invited to discuss their involvement in the Arab Revolt. "Dhari was the pivot of the whole arrangement, the link between the desert and the sown [...]" (Philby, John, Heart of Arabia, London, Constable, 1922, p. 238).
Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 124.
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Philby, H. St. J. B. (Harry St. John Bridger), 1885-1960. Heart of Arabia. London, Constable, 1922.
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Hakluytus posthumus: or, Purchas his pilgrimes, containing a history of the world in sea voyages and lande travells by Englishmen and others. Volume 1Purchas his pilgrimes

Voyages and travels, Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800, G159 .P985

Narrative of a voyage of discovery to Africa and Arabia: performed in His Majesty's ships, Leven and Barracouta, from 1821 to 1826, under the command of Capt. F.W. Owen, R.N./ Volume 1

Leven (Ship), Barracouta (Ship), Description and travel, Description and travel, DT365 .B74

By Capt. Thomas Boteler.
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Autobiography of Lutfullah, a Mohamedan gentleman: and his transactions with his fellow-creatures: interspersed with remarks on the habits, customs, and character of the people with whom he had to deal

Lutfullah , b. 1802, History, DS475.2.L87 A4, 954.3 L977a

Ed. by Edward B. Eastwick.
Also issued online.
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Hakluytus posthumus: or, Purchas his pilgrimes, containing a history of the world in sea voyages and lande travells by Englishmen and others. Volume 9Purchas his pilgrimes

Voyages and travels, Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800, G159 .P985

Four topographical letters, written in July 1755, upon a journey thro' Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Warwickshire, &c. From a gentleman of London, to his brother and sister in town

Editor's preface signed: I.T., i.e. Isaac Thompson?
Letters signed: R.P., i.e. Resta Patching.
Also reproduced on microfilm.
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Letters signed: R.P., i.e. Resta Patching.
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The totall discourse of the rare aduentures, and painefull peregrinations of long nineteene yeares trauayles, from Scotland to the most famous kingdomes in Europe, Asia, and Affrica: perfited by three deare bought voyages, in surueighing of forty eight kingdomes ancient and moderne, twenty one rei-publickes, then absolute principalities, with two hundred ilands : the particular names whereof are described in each argument of the ten diuisions of this history, and it also diuided in three bookes, two whereof neuer heretofore published : wherein is contayned an exact relation of the lawes, religion, policies and gouernment of all their princes, potentates and people : together with the grieuous tortures he suffered by the inquisition of Malaga in Spain, his miraculous discouery and deliuery thence, and of his last and late return from the northerne ilesTotall discourse of the rare adventures, and painefull peregrinations of long nineteene yeares travayles, from Scotland to the most famous kingdomes in Europe, Asia, and Affrica

Voyages and travels, Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800, G460 .L58 1632, 910 L71t, 1632a

by William Lithgouu.
Rev. ed. of: A most delectable and true discourse of an admired and painefull peregrination from Scotland to the most famous...
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Rev. ed. of: A most delectable and true discourse of an admired and painefull peregrination from Scotland to the most famous kingdomes in Europe, Asia and Affricke.
Signatures: A-3V⁴.
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Item-ID: i10225973
BIB-ID: 1024233
LC copy has armorial bookplate of George Arnold. DLC
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How we defended Arábi and his friends: A story of Egypt and the Egyptians

\Arābī, Ahmad, al-Misrī , 1840-1902, History, DT107.4.B8 B76 1884

By A.M. Broadley ... illustrated by Frederick Villiers ...
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DT107.4.B8 B76 1884
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Item-ID: i10104264
BIB-ID: 1012062
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DT107.4.B8 B76 1884
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Memoir of the life of Laurence Oliphant and of Alice Oliphant, his wife

Oliphant, Laurence , 1829-1888, Oliphant, Alice Le Strange , -1886, Authors, American, Authors, American--19th century--Biography, Authors' spouses, Authors' spouses--United States--Biography, PR5112.O8 O7 1891, 828.03 UKD

by Margaret Oliphant W. Oliphant.
Publisher's advertisements: 24 p. (at end of v. 1) 2 p. (at end of v. 2)
Includes index.
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Publisher's advertisements: 24 p. (at end of v. 1) 2 p. (at end of v. 2)
Includes index.
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PR5112.O8 O7 1891
Book
Item-ID: i10142903
BIB-ID: 1015926
Also issued online.
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ʼIqlīd al-Khizāna; or, Index of titles of works referred to or quoted by ʻAbd-al-Qádir al-Baghdádí in his Khizānat al-Adabإقليد الخزانة

IndexesBaghdādī, ʻAbd al-Qādir ibn ʻUmar , 1621-1682, Khizānat al-adab wa-lubb lubāb lisān al-ʻArab, PJ7541 .A23 1927

Prepared by M. ʻAbd-al-ʻAzīz Maiman.
Text in Arabic.
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PJ7541 .A23 1927
Book
Item-ID: i10109729
BIB-ID: 1012608
Show morePrepared by M. ʻAbd-al-ʻAzīz Maiman.
Text in Arabic.
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PJ7541 .A23 1927
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Mahomet and his successors: Oliver Goldsmith, a biography ; Moorish chronicles / Volume 3Oliver GoldsmithMoorish chronicles

Muḥammad , d. 632, Goldsmith, Oliver , 1730?-1774, History, PS2052 .B4 1849, 818.2

by Washington Irving.
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The history and delineation of the horse, in all his varieties: comprehending the appropriate uses, management, and progressive improvement of each ; with a particular investigation of the character of the race-horse, and the business of the turf ; illustrated by anecdotes and biographical notices of distinguished sportsmen ; the engravings from original paintings ; with instructions for breeding, breaking, training, and the general management of the horse, both in a state of health and of diseaseHistory of the horse

Horses, Horse racing, Horses, Horse racing, Horses, SF285 .L49 1809, 798

by John Lawrence.
Includes index.
Signature "D. Cameron 1836"--preliminary page.
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SF285 .L49 1809
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Item-ID: i23349840
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Includes index.
Signature "D. Cameron 1836"--preliminary page.
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SF285 .L49 1809
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Item-ID: i23349840
BIB-ID: 2498717
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