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George Strachan of the Mearns - Sixteenth Century Orientalist (Hardcover)
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George Strachan of the Mearns - Sixteenth Century Orientalist (Hardcover)
Series: Scottish Religious Cultures
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This book examines the life of George Strachan (1572 - 1635), early
17th century Scottish Humanist scholar, Orientalist and traveller.
The book draws on a wealth of newly discovered archival material to
offer new insights into Strachan's life and work, as well as
utilising recent scholarship on the relationship between the
cultures and religions of East and West. The book explains the
voyages that the Catholic exile took to many of the Catholic courts
of Europe as a scholar and spy before turning eastwards to embark
upon a 22 year journey around the Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal
empires. By becoming fully literate in Arabic and Farsi he was able
to gain a unique knowledge of Eastern societies. Strachan's
collection of Arabic and Farsi texts on Islam, philosophy and
humanities, which he translated and sent to Europe for the
advancement of European knowledge of Islam and Islamic societies,
became Strachan's real intellectual legacy.
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