The Travels of Ibn al-?ayyib - The Forgotten Journey of an Eighteenth Century Traveller to the ?ijaz

Informationen zum Autor Mustapha Lahlali is Lecturer in Arabic Language and Media at the University of Leeds. Salah Al-Dihan teaches Arabic language at the University of Kuwait. Wafa Abu Hatab is is Assistant Professor in Contrastive Linguistics, Al-Isra Private University, Jordan. Klappentext In the eighteenth century! the academic scholar Ibn al-Tayyib made a rihla (journey) from Morocco to the Hijaz in modern day Saudi Arabia! documenting his travels in the translated manuscript "Rihla ila al-Hijaz." Lahlali! Al-Dihan and Abu Hatab here introduce the manuscript! providing a complete translation of the text and a commentary on this remarkable journey and the socio-political climate of the time in which it took place. Al-Tayyib's manuscript is considered the most important reference to the author's life and culture and provides a fascinating and important insight into North Africa and the Middle East in the eighteenth century. Zusammenfassung In the eighteenth century, the academic scholar Ibn al-Tayyib made a rihla (journey) from Morocco to the Hijaz, in modern day Saudi Arabia, documenting his travels in the translated manuscript "Rihla ila al-Hijaz". This title introduces the manuscript and provides a commentary on this remarkable journey and the socio-political climate of the time.

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• Authors: Salah Al-Dihan, Wafa Hatab, Wafa Abu Hatab, El Mustapha Lahlali, El Mustapha Al-Dihan Lahlali, Mustapha Lahlali
• Publisher: Tauris, I.B.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.02.2010
• EAN: 9781848850064
• ISBN: 978-1-84885-006-4
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Library of Middle East History; Library of Middle East History
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales