A vision of Yemen : the travels of a European Orientalist and his native guide : a translation of Hayyim Habshush's travelogue

1. Verfasser: Ḥabshush, Ḥayyim, 1839-1899, , [VerfasserIn]
Weitere Verfasser: Verskin, Alan, , [ÜbersetzerIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2018.
Umfang/Format: xiii, 254 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Schlagworte:
Ḥabshush, Ḥayyim, > 1839-1899 > Travel > Yemen (Republic)
Halévy, J. > (Joseph), > 1827-1917 > Travel > Yemen (Republic)
Jews > Travel > Yemen.
Jews > Yemen > Social life and customs.
Jewish-Arab relations.
Yemen (Republic) > Description and travel.
Yemen (Republic) > Social life and customs.
Yemen (Republic) > Ethnic relations.
Travel writing.
Parallelausgabe: A vision of Yemen (Online version)
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introduction : Ḥayyim Ḥabshūsh and the European explorers
  • The people and politics of Yemen
  • A note on the text and translation
  • A vision of Yemen by Ḥayyim Ḥabshūsh
  • Arrival in Yemen
  • Excavations in Ghaymān
  • Jews, Muslims and foreigners in Ṣanʻāʼ
  • Strangers among the tribes
  • Clients and patrons
  • Death and ruins
  • Jews bearing arms
  • An ordeal in the desert
  • The honor code of the Najrānī Jews
  • Persecution
  • The Bedouin
  • The city of Mārib and return to Ṣanʻāʼ.

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