Zwemer Arabia: The Cradle of Islam

Studies in the Geography, People, and Politics of the Peninsula with an account of Islam and Mission-work
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4632-2884-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Wasserzeichen (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 490 Seiten

This book describes the Arabian peninsula on the eve of the First World War.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zwemer, Samuel M.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Dennis, James S.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Tourismus & Reise Reise & Urlaub: Führer, Landkarten, Pläne

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Copyrigt Page (page 4)
- DEDICATED (page 7)
- INTRODUCTORY NOTE (page 9)
- NOTE TO THE FOURTH EDITION (page 12)
- PREFACE (page 13)
- TABLE OF CONTENTS (page 15)
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS (page 23)
- I THE NEGLECTED PENINSULA (page 27)
- ARABIA, THE CRADLE OF ISLAM (page 28)
- THE NEGLECTED PENINSULA (page 29)
- II THE GEOGRAPHICAL DIVISIONS OF ARABIA (page 37)
- III THE HOLY LAND OF ARABIA-MECCA (page 42)
- IV THE HOLY LAND OF ARABIA-MEDINA (page 69)
- V ADEN AND AN INLAND JOURNEY (page 77)
- VI YEMEN: THE SWITZERLAND OF ARABIA (page 88)
- VII THE UNEXPLORED REGIONS OF HADRAMAUT (page 98)
- VIII MUSCAT AND THE COASTLANDS OMAN (page 104)
- IX THE LAND OF THE CAMEL (page 116)
- X THE PEARL ISLANDS OF THE GULF (page 127)
- XI THE EASTERN THRESHOLD OF ARABIA (page 142)
- XII THE RIVER-COUNTRY AND THE DATE-PALM (page 153)
- XIII THE CITIES AND VILLAGES OF TURKISH-ARABIA (page 164)
- XIV A JOURNEY DOWN EUPHRATES (page 174)
- XV THE INTERIOR-ENOWN AND UNKNOWN (page 183)
- XVI THE TIME OF IGNORANCE (page 198)
- XVII ISLAM IN ITS CRADLE-THE MOSLEM'S GOD (page 209)
- XVIII THE PROPHET AND HIS BOOK (page 219)
- XIX THE WAHABI RULERS AND REFORMERS (page 231)
- XX THE RULERS OF OMAN (page 242)
- XXI THE STORY OF THE TURKS IN ARABIA (page 246)
- XXII BRITISH INFLUENCE IN ARABIA (page 258)
- XXIII PRESENT POLITICS IN ARABIA (page 273)
- XXIV THE ARABIC LANGUAGE (page 278)
- XXV THE LITERATURE OF THE ARABS (page 291)
- XXVI THE ARAB (page 298)
- XXVII SOME ARABIAN ARTS AND SCIENCES (page 316)
- XXVIII THE STAR-WORSHIPPERS OF MESOPOTAMIA (page 327)
- XXIX EARLY CHRISTIANITY IN ARABIA (page 342)
- XXX THE DAWN OF MODERN ARABIAN MIUSSIONS (page 356)
- XXXI ION KEITH FALCONER AND THE ADEN MISSION (page 373)
- XXXII BISHOP FRENCH THE VETERAN MISSIONARY TO MUSCAT (page 386)
- XXXIII THE AMERICAn ARABIAN MISSION (page 395)
- XXXIV IN MEMORIAM-PETER J. ZWEMER AND GEO. E. STONE (page 411)
- XXXV PROBLEMS OF THE ARABIAN FLELD (page 420)
- XXXVI OUTLOOK FOR MISSIONS TO MOSLEMS IN ARABIA (page 439)
- APPENDIX I (page 459)
- APPENDIX II (page 463)
- APPENDIX III (page 465)
- APPENDIX IV (page 466)
- APPENDIX V (page 467)
- APPENDIX IV (page 468)
- INDEX (page 479)