The Travels of Mirza Abu Taleb Khan - In Asia, Africa, and Europe, during the years 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802, and 1803 (Paperback, Critical ed.)

In 1810, the orientalist scholar Charles Stewart translated and published an extraordinary travel narrative written by a Persian-speaking Indian poet and scholar named Mirza Abu Talib Khan. At the turn of the century, Abu Talib travelled from India to Africa, and on to Ireland, England, and France, where he recorded his observations of European culture with wit and precision. The narrative's vital and controversial account of British imperial society is one of the earliest examples of a colonial subject addressing the cultural dynamics of metropolitan Britain, and its complex critique of empire challenges many preconceptions about intercultural relations during this era. Following his European sojourn, Abu Talib's remarkable Shi'ite pilgrimage through present day Turkey and Iraq further enhances his meditation on the encounter between Islam and European modernity. This Broadview edition includes a critical introduction and chronologies of the lives and works of Mirza Abu Talib and Charles Stewart. The appendices offer contemporary reviews of the narrative, selections of British orientalist discourse, and examples of proto-ethnographic writing from the period.

General

Imprint:	Broadview Press
Country of origin:	Canada
Release date:	November 2008
Authors:	Abu¯ T¿A¯Lib Kha¯N
Editors:	Daniel O'Quinn
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	458
Edition:	Critical ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-55111-672-3
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Travel writing > General Books > Travel > Travel writing > General
LSN:	1-55111-672-3
Barcode:	9781551116723

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