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Syria - The Desert and the Sown (Hardcover): Gertrude Lowthian Bell Syria - The Desert and the Sown (Hardcover)
Gertrude Lowthian Bell
R920 Discovery Miles 9 200 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Sikhs, Russians & Sepoys - Recollections of Campaigning With the 31st Foot and Military Train Cavalry in the First Sikh War,... Sikhs, Russians & Sepoys - Recollections of Campaigning With the 31st Foot and Military Train Cavalry in the First Sikh War, Crimean War and Indian Mutiny (Hardcover)
James P. Robertson
R764 Discovery Miles 7 640 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
A Peasant Sage of Japan; The Life and Work of Sontoku Ninomiya (Hardcover): Kokei Tomita, Tadasu Yoshimoto A Peasant Sage of Japan; The Life and Work of Sontoku Ninomiya (Hardcover)
Kokei Tomita, Tadasu Yoshimoto
R865 Discovery Miles 8 650 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Malay Spiritualism - With Some Other Notes on the Folklore of the Malaysian Peninsula (Folklore History Series) (Hardcover):... Malay Spiritualism - With Some Other Notes on the Folklore of the Malaysian Peninsula (Folklore History Series) (Hardcover)
Various
R560 Discovery Miles 5 600 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Oral Poetry and Narratives from Central Arabia, Volume 3 Bedouin Poets of the Dawasir Tribe - Between Nomadism and Settlement... Oral Poetry and Narratives from Central Arabia, Volume 3 Bedouin Poets of the Dawasir Tribe - Between Nomadism and Settlement in Southern Najd (Paperback)
Marcel Kurpershoek
R1,567 Discovery Miles 15 670 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This third volume in the author's series Oral Poetry & Narratives from Central Arabia presents and analyses the work of four contemporary Bedouin poets of the Dawasir tribe in southern Najd. The introductory part discusses the poetry within the context of the Najdi oral tradition, the poets' role in tribal society, and their mirroring of this society's self-image against the background of its rapid economic, social and political transformation, and its relation with the Saudi State. It is followed by the Arabic Text of the poems in transcription, based on taped records, with the English translation on the facing page. This is complemented by a substantial glossary, cross-referenced to the Arabic Text, other glossaries and works on the Najdi dialect and poetic idiom, as well as corresponding Classical Arabic lexical materials.

Oral Poetry and Narratives from Central Arabia, Volume 2 Story of a Desert Knight - The Legend of Slewih  al-'At awi and... Oral Poetry and Narratives from Central Arabia, Volume 2 Story of a Desert Knight - The Legend of Slewih al-'At awi and other 'Utaybah Heroes. An Edition with Translation and Introduction (Paperback)
Marcel Kurpershoek
R1,568 Discovery Miles 15 680 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The Story of a Desert Knight is the second volume of a trilogy entitled Oral Poetry and Narratives from Central Arabia. It is devoted to the narratives told about and the poems composed by Slewih al-'At awi and his brother Bxit, both famous desert knights in the middle and second half of the nineteenth century. The principal source of this book is Slewih 's great-grandson Xalid, a sheikh of the 'Utaybah tribe. The introduction discusses inter alia the general characteristics of Bedouin oral culture, the linguistic, prosodic and stylistic features of the text, and Xalid's use of his ancestors' oral legacy in order to enhance his position in the tribal hierarchy of prestige. In addition to the translation of the oral text this volume offers a complete transcription, based on taped records and including variants found in published Saudi sources, and a substantial glossary.

The Case for India & The Basis of Morality (Hardcover): Annie Besant The Case for India & The Basis of Morality (Hardcover)
Annie Besant
R634 Discovery Miles 6 340 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Oral Poetry and Narratives from Central Arabia, Volume 1 Poetry of ad-Dindan - A Bedouin Bard in Southern Najd. An Edition with... Oral Poetry and Narratives from Central Arabia, Volume 1 Poetry of ad-Dindan - A Bedouin Bard in Southern Najd. An Edition with Translation and Introduction (Paperback)
Marcel Kurpershoek
R1,526 Discovery Miles 15 260 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This work presents the complete collection of oral poetry by ad-Dindan, a bedouin poet of the Duwasir tribe in southern Najd, transcribed and translated on the basis of taped recordings. The text is representative of a poetic tradition which has remained remarkably close to the desert poetry of the early classical age. An extensive glossary, including detailed cross-references to the classical Arabic vocabulary, completes this edition. The introduction describes Dindan's somewhat anomalous position in local society as a result of his stubborn attachment to nomadism, his fierce artistic temper, and his unreconstructed bedouin ethos. It also discusses the composition of oral poetry, the diwan's themes and its place in the Najdi tradition, the impact of literacy on the poet's oral work, and the prosodic and linguistic features of the text.

St. Thomas, the Apostle, in India - An Investigation Based on the Latest Researches in Connection With the Time-honoured... St. Thomas, the Apostle, in India - An Investigation Based on the Latest Researches in Connection With the Time-honoured Tradition Regarding the Martyrdom of St. Thomas in Southern India (Hardcover)
F A D'Cruz
R765 Discovery Miles 7 650 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Religion, Community and Nation - Hindu Consciousness and Nationalism in Colonial Punjab: Hindu Consciousness and Nationalism in... Religion, Community and Nation - Hindu Consciousness and Nationalism in Colonial Punjab: Hindu Consciousness and Nationalism in Colonial Punjab (Hardcover)
K.L. Tuteja
R1,525 Discovery Miles 15 250 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Britain and the Regency of Tripoli - Consuls and Empire-Building in Nineteenth-Century North Africa (Hardcover): Sara M.... Britain and the Regency of Tripoli - Consuls and Empire-Building in Nineteenth-Century North Africa (Hardcover)
Sara M. ElGaddari
R3,010 Discovery Miles 30 100 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

By the early 1820s, British policy in the Eastern Mediterranean was at a crossroads. Historically shaped by the rivalry with France, the course of Britain's future role in the region was increasingly affected by concern about the future of the Ottoman Empire and fears over Russia's ambitions in the Balkans and the Middle East. The Regency of Tripoli was at this time establishing a new era in foreign and commercial relations with Europe and the United States. Among the most important of these relationships was that with Britain. Using the National Archive records of correspondence of the British consuls and diplomats from 1795 to 1832, and within the context of the wider Eastern Question, this book reconstructs the the Anglo-Tripolitanian relationship and argues that the Regency played a vital role in Britain's imperial strategy during and after the Napoleonic Wars. Including the perspective of Tripolitanian notables and British diplomats, it contends that the activities of British consuls in Tripoli, and the networks they fostered around themselves, reshaped the nature and extent of British imperial activity in the region.

Midnight in Cairo - The Female Stars of Egypt's Roaring '20s (Paperback): Raphael Cormack Midnight in Cairo - The Female Stars of Egypt's Roaring '20s (Paperback)
Raphael Cormack
R267 Discovery Miles 2 670 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

1920s Cairo: singers were pressing hit records, dramatic troupes were springing up and cabarets were packed - a counterculture was on the rise. In bars, hash-dens and music halls, people of all backgrounds came together as a passionate group of artists captivated Egyptian society. Of these performers, Cairo's biggest stars were female, and they asserted themselves on the stage like never before. Two of the most famous troupes were run by women; Badia Masabni's dancehall became the hottest nightspot in town; pioneer of Egyptian cinema Aziza Amir made her stage debut; and legendary singer Oum Kalthoum first rose to fame. It is these women, who knew both the opportunities and prejudices that this world offered, who best reveal this cosmopolitan and raucous city's secrets. Midnight in Cairo tells the thrilling story of Egypt's interwar nightlife and entertainment industry through the lives of its pioneering women. Introducing an eccentric cast of characters, it brings to life a world of revolutionary ideas and provocative art - one which laid the foundations of Arab popular culture today. It is a story of modern Cairo as we have never heard it before.

A Concise History of the War Between Japan and China (Hardcover): Jukichi 1862-1929 Inouye A Concise History of the War Between Japan and China (Hardcover)
Jukichi 1862-1929 Inouye
R796 Discovery Miles 7 960 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Knowledge, Power, and Networks - Elites in Transition in Modern China (Hardcover): Cecile Armand, Christian Henriot, Huei-min... Knowledge, Power, and Networks - Elites in Transition in Modern China (Hardcover)
Cecile Armand, Christian Henriot, Huei-min Sun
R3,539 Discovery Miles 35 390 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In the past decades, the world has watched the rise of China as an economic and military power and the emergence of Chinese transnational elites. What may seem like an entirely new phenomenon marks the revival of a trend initiated at the end of the Qing. The redistribution of power, wealth and knowledge among the newly formed elites matured during the Republican period. This volume demonstrates both the difficulty and the value of re-thinking the elites in modern China. It establishes that the study of the dynamic tensions within the elite and among elite groups in this epochal era is within reach if we are prepared to embrace forms of historical inquiry that integrate the abundant and even limitless historical resources, and to engage with the rich repertoire of digital techniques/instruments available and question our previous research paradigms. This renewed approach brings historical research closer to an integrative data-rich history of modern China.

The Archaeological Geography of Early Historical Gujarat (Hardcover): Atusha Bharucha The Archaeological Geography of Early Historical Gujarat (Hardcover)
Atusha Bharucha
R1,187 Discovery Miles 11 870 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Facts and Figures About the Philippines .. (Hardcover): Anonymous Facts and Figures About the Philippines .. (Hardcover)
Anonymous
R735 Discovery Miles 7 350 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Russo-Turkish War - Including an Account of the Rise and Decline of the Ottoman Power and the History of the Eastern... The Russo-Turkish War - Including an Account of the Rise and Decline of the Ottoman Power and the History of the Eastern Question; 1 (Hardcover)
Henry Montague Hozier
R835 Discovery Miles 8 350 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
On Guerrilla Warfare (Paperback): Mao Tse-Tung On Guerrilla Warfare (Paperback)
Mao Tse-Tung
R176 Discovery Miles 1 760 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
A Ride to Khiva - Travels and Adventures in Central Asia (Hardcover): Fred Burnaby A Ride to Khiva - Travels and Adventures in Central Asia (Hardcover)
Fred Burnaby
R923 Discovery Miles 9 230 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Red Roulette - An Insider's Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption, and Vengeance in Today's China (Paperback): Desmond... Red Roulette - An Insider's Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption, and Vengeance in Today's China (Paperback)
Desmond Shum
R434 R405 Discovery Miles 4 050 Save R29 (7%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus, the Jewish Historian - Containing Twenty Books of the Jewish Antiquities, Seven Books of... The Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus, the Jewish Historian - Containing Twenty Books of the Jewish Antiquities, Seven Books of the Jewish War, and the Life of Josephus; Volume 1 (Hardcover)
Flavius Josephus, Samuel Burder, William Whiston
R1,051 Discovery Miles 10 510 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Memoirs on the History, Folk-lore, and Distribution of the Races of the North Western Provinces of India; Being an Amplified... Memoirs on the History, Folk-lore, and Distribution of the Races of the North Western Provinces of India; Being an Amplified Edition of the Original Supplemental Glossary of Indian Terms; v. 2 (Hardcover)
Henry Miers (Sir) 1808-1853 Elliot; John 1837-1902 Beames
R983 Discovery Miles 9 830 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Manava Dharma Sastra Or the Institutes of Manu According to the Gloss of Kulluka, Comprising the Indian System Od Duties... Manava Dharma Sastra Or the Institutes of Manu According to the Gloss of Kulluka, Comprising the Indian System Od Duties Religious and Civil Verbally Translated From the Original With a Preface Bt Sir William Jones (Hardcover)
William Jones
R981 Discovery Miles 9 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Jews of Goa (Hardcover): Shalva Weil The Jews of Goa (Hardcover)
Shalva Weil
R1,411 Discovery Miles 14 110 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Detecting Criminal Handwriting (with Especial Reference to the Philippines) (Hardcover): Chauncey McGovern Detecting Criminal Handwriting (with Especial Reference to the Philippines) (Hardcover)
Chauncey McGovern
R760 Discovery Miles 7 600 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
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