An Arab Ambassador in the Mediterranean World: The Travels of Muhammad Ibn 'Uthmān Al-Miknāsī, 1779-1788

ISBN-13: 9780815348962 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 194 str.

Nabil Matar

Opis

This book provides translated selections from the writings of Muhammad Ibn Othman al-Miknasi (d. 1799). The only writings by an Arab-Muslim in the pre-modern period that present a comparative perspective, his travelogues provide unique insight with in to Christendom and Islam.

Spis treści

Introduction First Journey 1779-1780 Second Journey 1781-1783 Third Journey 1785-1787

O autorze

Nabil Matar is Professor of English at the University of Minnesota. He is author of a trilogy on early modern Britain and the Islamic World, along with translations of Arabic sources and studies on the relationship between Europe and the Arab Mediterranean between 1550 and 1798.