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A Middle Eastern Odyssey: From Constantinople to Palmyra. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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16th March, 2018
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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‘The Middle East is where three continents meet, where empires have waxed and waned, merchants have long traded and warriors have long clashed.’
Lonely Planet Guide, 2003
An imaginary circle that encompasses modern day Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel provides the boundaries for this exhibition on the Middle East. The lands beyond the borders of Turkey and Iran are excluded. The catalyst for this exhibition was the inventory of Middle Eastern and Islamic language materials compiled recently by Dr Majid Daneshgar, former lecturer at Theology and Religion at the University of Otago, now University of Freiburg, Germany. A number of Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Turkish language books and manuscripts feature. The printed books are scarce; the manuscripts unique. They are mainly from the collection of the Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887). There are also some modern publications in the exhibition. These are mainly from the library of Charles Brasch (1903-1973), who was an archaeological field assistant at Tell el Amarna, Egypt, from 1933 to 1935.
The choice travel and history books displayed not only help contextualise the language-based items, but also convey a wider picture and greater understanding on this area of the world, a region that has not only been called ‘the cradle of civilisation’, but also the ‘fertile crescent’. Indeed, the Middle East was once the greatest, most advanced and most open civilisation in history (Bernard Lewis).
The exhibition offers an overview of the Middle East. Importantly, it is historical, with those items displayed grounded in a past stretching back to antiquity.
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De Religione Mohammedica Libri Duo
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[Adriaan Reland]
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1717
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Shoults Lb 1717 R
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Books
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[Utrecht: Gulielmi Broedelet]
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While mastering Physics and Metaphysics at the University of Harderwijk, the Dutch scholar Adriaan Reland (1676-1718) also learnt Arabic, Hebrew, and other Semitic languages, as well as teaching in the area of comparative linguistics. His <em>Religione Mohammedica</em> was a seminal work, the first objective survey of Islamic beliefs and practices. This engraving of ‘S. Sophiae’ (Hagia Sophia) in Constantinople (Istanbul) is from the 1717 edition. The Church is now a museum.
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A Middle Eastern Odyssey: From Constantinople to Palmyra. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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16th March, 2018
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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‘The Middle East is where three continents meet, where empires have waxed and waned, merchants have long traded and warriors have long clashed.’
Lonely Planet Guide, 2003
An imaginary circle that encompasses modern day Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel provides the boundaries for this exhibition on the Middle East. The lands beyond the borders of Turkey and Iran are excluded. The catalyst for this exhibition was the inventory of Middle Eastern and Islamic language materials compiled recently by Dr Majid Daneshgar, former lecturer at Theology and Religion at the University of Otago, now University of Freiburg, Germany. A number of Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Turkish language books and manuscripts feature. The printed books are scarce; the manuscripts unique. They are mainly from the collection of the Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887). There are also some modern publications in the exhibition. These are mainly from the library of Charles Brasch (1903-1973), who was an archaeological field assistant at Tell el Amarna, Egypt, from 1933 to 1935.
The choice travel and history books displayed not only help contextualise the language-based items, but also convey a wider picture and greater understanding on this area of the world, a region that has not only been called ‘the cradle of civilisation’, but also the ‘fertile crescent’. Indeed, the Middle East was once the greatest, most advanced and most open civilisation in history (Bernard Lewis).
The exhibition offers an overview of the Middle East. Importantly, it is historical, with those items displayed grounded in a past stretching back to antiquity.
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[The Gospels in Coptic and Arabic]
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Edited by Henry Tattam and Samuel Lee
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1829
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Shoults Eb 1829 B
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Books
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London: British and Foreign Bible Society
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Coptic and Arabic languages sit side by side in this edition of the Gospels, published by the British and Foreign Bible Society in London in 1829. It is based on the first edition of the Coptic <em>New Testament</em> of 1716, compiled by the Prussian-born David Wilkins (1685–1745), who became Lord Almoner’s Professor of Arabic at the University of Cambridge in 1724. Wilkins not only had Coptic and Arabic, but he was also versed in Hebrew, Chaldaic, and Armenian. Anglo-Saxon was added to the language list, with some reservation by one biographer: ‘with a certain want of accuracy’.
Middle East
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A Middle Eastern Odyssey: From Constantinople to Palmyra. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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16th March, 2018
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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‘The Middle East is where three continents meet, where empires have waxed and waned, merchants have long traded and warriors have long clashed.’
Lonely Planet Guide, 2003
An imaginary circle that encompasses modern day Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel provides the boundaries for this exhibition on the Middle East. The lands beyond the borders of Turkey and Iran are excluded. The catalyst for this exhibition was the inventory of Middle Eastern and Islamic language materials compiled recently by Dr Majid Daneshgar, former lecturer at Theology and Religion at the University of Otago, now University of Freiburg, Germany. A number of Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Turkish language books and manuscripts feature. The printed books are scarce; the manuscripts unique. They are mainly from the collection of the Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887). There are also some modern publications in the exhibition. These are mainly from the library of Charles Brasch (1903-1973), who was an archaeological field assistant at Tell el Amarna, Egypt, from 1933 to 1935.
The choice travel and history books displayed not only help contextualise the language-based items, but also convey a wider picture and greater understanding on this area of the world, a region that has not only been called ‘the cradle of civilisation’, but also the ‘fertile crescent’. Indeed, the Middle East was once the greatest, most advanced and most open civilisation in history (Bernard Lewis).
The exhibition offers an overview of the Middle East. Importantly, it is historical, with those items displayed grounded in a past stretching back to antiquity.
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A Commentary on the Preface to the Gulistān by Saʿdī’
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Maḥmūd ibn Osmān ibn ʿAlī al-Lāmiʿī
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c. 1790
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Shoults MS. 08
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Manuscript
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Unpublished
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This mid-18th century manuscript contains a commentary on the Preface (<em>dībācheh</em>) to the <em>Gulistān</em> (<em>The Rose Garden</em>), an important prose piece by Saʿdī Shīrāzī (d. c. 1292), a major Persian poet of the medieval period. Although there is some doubt about author attribution, the stamped seal of Sayyid Muḥammad (Mehmet) bin Ḥāfiẓ Osmān is present, dating the manuscript copy to 1178 AH (1764 AD). While the script of the commentary is in Ottoman Turkish, the text is replete with references to Persian poets and thinkers such as Ḥāfiẓ Shīrāzī (d. c. 1390 AD); Firdowsī (d. c. 1025 AD); Kamāl Khujandī (d. c. 1401 AD); and Nāṣir Khusraw (d. c.1088 AD). This manuscript once belonged to the Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887).
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A Middle Eastern Odyssey: From Constantinople to Palmyra. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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16th March, 2018
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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‘The Middle East is where three continents meet, where empires have waxed and waned, merchants have long traded and warriors have long clashed.’
Lonely Planet Guide, 2003
An imaginary circle that encompasses modern day Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel provides the boundaries for this exhibition on the Middle East. The lands beyond the borders of Turkey and Iran are excluded. The catalyst for this exhibition was the inventory of Middle Eastern and Islamic language materials compiled recently by Dr Majid Daneshgar, former lecturer at Theology and Religion at the University of Otago, now University of Freiburg, Germany. A number of Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Turkish language books and manuscripts feature. The printed books are scarce; the manuscripts unique. They are mainly from the collection of the Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887). There are also some modern publications in the exhibition. These are mainly from the library of Charles Brasch (1903-1973), who was an archaeological field assistant at Tell el Amarna, Egypt, from 1933 to 1935.
The choice travel and history books displayed not only help contextualise the language-based items, but also convey a wider picture and greater understanding on this area of the world, a region that has not only been called ‘the cradle of civilisation’, but also the ‘fertile crescent’. Indeed, the Middle East was once the greatest, most advanced and most open civilisation in history (Bernard Lewis).
The exhibition offers an overview of the Middle East. Importantly, it is historical, with those items displayed grounded in a past stretching back to antiquity.
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A Grammar of the Persian Language
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William Jones
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1771
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Shoults Eb 1771 J
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Books
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[London: Printed by W. and J. Richardson]
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While at Oxford, William Jones, later Sir William (1746–1794), discovered the Arabic manuscripts that were in the Pococke Collection in the Bodleian Library. They were a catalyst for his endeavours in making linguistic connections between Arabic and Persian (Farsi (فارسی), and they fuelled his admiration of poems by the 13th century Persian poet Saʿdī. In 1771, he produced his <em>Grammar of the Persian Language</em>, a ground-breaking work noted for its literary focus. Indeed, it went through several editions, and provided a model that language scholars later followed. Jones later travelled to Calcutta, formed the Asiatick Society of Bengal, and developed a strong interest in Sanskrit.
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A Middle Eastern Odyssey: From Constantinople to Palmyra. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
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16th March, 2018
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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‘The Middle East is where three continents meet, where empires have waxed and waned, merchants have long traded and warriors have long clashed.’
Lonely Planet Guide, 2003
An imaginary circle that encompasses modern day Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel provides the boundaries for this exhibition on the Middle East. The lands beyond the borders of Turkey and Iran are excluded. The catalyst for this exhibition was the inventory of Middle Eastern and Islamic language materials compiled recently by Dr Majid Daneshgar, former lecturer at Theology and Religion at the University of Otago, now University of Freiburg, Germany. A number of Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Turkish language books and manuscripts feature. The printed books are scarce; the manuscripts unique. They are mainly from the collection of the Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887). There are also some modern publications in the exhibition. These are mainly from the library of Charles Brasch (1903-1973), who was an archaeological field assistant at Tell el Amarna, Egypt, from 1933 to 1935.
The choice travel and history books displayed not only help contextualise the language-based items, but also convey a wider picture and greater understanding on this area of the world, a region that has not only been called ‘the cradle of civilisation’, but also the ‘fertile crescent’. Indeed, the Middle East was once the greatest, most advanced and most open civilisation in history (Bernard Lewis).
The exhibition offers an overview of the Middle East. Importantly, it is historical, with those items displayed grounded in a past stretching back to antiquity.
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A Grammar of the Turkish Language
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Arthur Lumley Davids
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1832
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Shoults Ec 1832 D
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Books
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London: Sold by Parbury & Allen, and John Taylor
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At a very early age, Arthur Lumley Davids (1811-1832) learnt oriental languages such as Hebrew, Arabic and Persian, and European languages such as Greek, Latin, French, Italian and German. He particularly liked Turkish. His <em>Grammar of the Turkish Language</em> (<em>Kitāb al-ʿilm al-Nāfiʿ fī taḥṣīl Ṣarf wa Naḥw Turkī</em>; 1832) was dedicated to Mahmud II, the Sultan of Turkey. Davids managed to enjoy the fruits of authorship; he died aged 21, three weeks after the book was published. It was a seminal work, one of the first to cover the topic in Europe since the early 18th century. The terms for ‘Arts, Trades, and Professions’ make interesting reading.
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A Middle Eastern Odyssey: From Constantinople to Palmyra. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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16th March, 2018
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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‘The Middle East is where three continents meet, where empires have waxed and waned, merchants have long traded and warriors have long clashed.’
Lonely Planet Guide, 2003
An imaginary circle that encompasses modern day Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel provides the boundaries for this exhibition on the Middle East. The lands beyond the borders of Turkey and Iran are excluded. The catalyst for this exhibition was the inventory of Middle Eastern and Islamic language materials compiled recently by Dr Majid Daneshgar, former lecturer at Theology and Religion at the University of Otago, now University of Freiburg, Germany. A number of Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Turkish language books and manuscripts feature. The printed books are scarce; the manuscripts unique. They are mainly from the collection of the Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887). There are also some modern publications in the exhibition. These are mainly from the library of Charles Brasch (1903-1973), who was an archaeological field assistant at Tell el Amarna, Egypt, from 1933 to 1935.
The choice travel and history books displayed not only help contextualise the language-based items, but also convey a wider picture and greater understanding on this area of the world, a region that has not only been called ‘the cradle of civilisation’, but also the ‘fertile crescent’. Indeed, the Middle East was once the greatest, most advanced and most open civilisation in history (Bernard Lewis).
The exhibition offers an overview of the Middle East. Importantly, it is historical, with those items displayed grounded in a past stretching back to antiquity.
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A Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem, at Easter, A.D. 1697. To which is added, An Account of the Author’s Journey to the Banks of the Euphrates at Beer, and to the Country of Mesopotamia
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Henry Maundrell
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1800
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Shoults Eb 1800 M
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Books
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Perth: Printed by R. Morison for W. Morison
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This engraving of Aleppo, a city in Syria, is from Henry Maundrell’s account of his travels undertaken in 1697, when he was chaplain to the Levant Company. Aleppo is a very ancient city, known in antiquity as Khalpe, Khalibon, and Halab. Maundrell (1665-1701) was an excellent recorder of his experiences, and his work is now regarded as a minor travel classic. The engraving shows the Great Mosque of Aleppo, and the imposing Citadel (قلعة حلب).
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A Middle Eastern Odyssey: From Constantinople to Palmyra. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
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16th March, 2018
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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‘The Middle East is where three continents meet, where empires have waxed and waned, merchants have long traded and warriors have long clashed.’
Lonely Planet Guide, 2003
An imaginary circle that encompasses modern day Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel provides the boundaries for this exhibition on the Middle East. The lands beyond the borders of Turkey and Iran are excluded. The catalyst for this exhibition was the inventory of Middle Eastern and Islamic language materials compiled recently by Dr Majid Daneshgar, former lecturer at Theology and Religion at the University of Otago, now University of Freiburg, Germany. A number of Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Turkish language books and manuscripts feature. The printed books are scarce; the manuscripts unique. They are mainly from the collection of the Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887). There are also some modern publications in the exhibition. These are mainly from the library of Charles Brasch (1903-1973), who was an archaeological field assistant at Tell el Amarna, Egypt, from 1933 to 1935.
The choice travel and history books displayed not only help contextualise the language-based items, but also convey a wider picture and greater understanding on this area of the world, a region that has not only been called ‘the cradle of civilisation’, but also the ‘fertile crescent’. Indeed, the Middle East was once the greatest, most advanced and most open civilisation in history (Bernard Lewis).
The exhibition offers an overview of the Middle East. Importantly, it is historical, with those items displayed grounded in a past stretching back to antiquity.
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A Relation of a Journey begun An: Dom: 1610…Containing a Description of the Turkish Empire, of Ægypt, of the Holy Land
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George Sandys
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1615
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De Beer Ec 1615 S
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Books
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Printed for W. Barrett
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This early 17th century engraved map contains much of what is now the Middle East (Arabic: الشرق الأوسط ash-Sharq al-Awsaṭ). The population of the region today is about 371 million (2010), with the largest ethnic groups being Arabs, Turks, Persians, and Kurds. Five languages dominate: Arabic (most widely spoken), Persian, Turkish, Kurdish, and Hebrew. Several major religions have their origin here: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam; others include the Bahá'í Faith, Yarsanism, Yazidism, and Zoroastrianism. With all its social, political, economic, ideological, historical and religious factors, it remains one of the most complex regions in the world. This is the first edition of George Sandys’ <em>A Relation of a Journey</em> (1615), a very popular account of the places he visited in the Middle East.
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A Middle Eastern Odyssey: From Constantinople to Palmyra. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
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16th March, 2018
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Abstract
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‘The Middle East is where three continents meet, where empires have waxed and waned, merchants have long traded and warriors have long clashed.’
Lonely Planet Guide, 2003
An imaginary circle that encompasses modern day Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel provides the boundaries for this exhibition on the Middle East. The lands beyond the borders of Turkey and Iran are excluded. The catalyst for this exhibition was the inventory of Middle Eastern and Islamic language materials compiled recently by Dr Majid Daneshgar, former lecturer at Theology and Religion at the University of Otago, now University of Freiburg, Germany. A number of Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Turkish language books and manuscripts feature. The printed books are scarce; the manuscripts unique. They are mainly from the collection of the Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887). There are also some modern publications in the exhibition. These are mainly from the library of Charles Brasch (1903-1973), who was an archaeological field assistant at Tell el Amarna, Egypt, from 1933 to 1935.
The choice travel and history books displayed not only help contextualise the language-based items, but also convey a wider picture and greater understanding on this area of the world, a region that has not only been called ‘the cradle of civilisation’, but also the ‘fertile crescent’. Indeed, the Middle East was once the greatest, most advanced and most open civilisation in history (Bernard Lewis).
The exhibition offers an overview of the Middle East. Importantly, it is historical, with those items displayed grounded in a past stretching back to antiquity.
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A Relation of a Journey begun An: Dom: 1610…Containing a Description of the Turkish Empire, of Ægypt, of the Holy Land. 3rd edition
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George Sandys
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1632
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De Beer Ec 1632 S
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Books
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London: Printed for [Robert] Allot
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In 1610, faced with claims of estate mismanagement and a bad marriage, George Sandys (1578–1644) decided that overseas travel was his best way out. He travelled to France, Italy, and then on to Turkey, Egypt, and Palestine. While in the Middle East he rode camels; survived attacks from desert Arabs; described religious services in Jerusalem and pigeon postal services between Aleppo and Babylon; and was one of the first Englishmen to mention coffee. Sandys was an observant traveller, and his account, enhanced by numerous engravings, was exceedingly popular. Indeed, it is regarded as one of the first important travel accounts to the East in English. Here is his description of the pyramids at Giza, the ‘chiefe of the worlds feuen [seven] wonders’. This is the third edition.
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A Middle Eastern Odyssey: From Constantinople to Palmyra. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
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16th March, 2018
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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‘The Middle East is where three continents meet, where empires have waxed and waned, merchants have long traded and warriors have long clashed.’
Lonely Planet Guide, 2003
An imaginary circle that encompasses modern day Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel provides the boundaries for this exhibition on the Middle East. The lands beyond the borders of Turkey and Iran are excluded. The catalyst for this exhibition was the inventory of Middle Eastern and Islamic language materials compiled recently by Dr Majid Daneshgar, former lecturer at Theology and Religion at the University of Otago, now University of Freiburg, Germany. A number of Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Turkish language books and manuscripts feature. The printed books are scarce; the manuscripts unique. They are mainly from the collection of the Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887). There are also some modern publications in the exhibition. These are mainly from the library of Charles Brasch (1903-1973), who was an archaeological field assistant at Tell el Amarna, Egypt, from 1933 to 1935.
The choice travel and history books displayed not only help contextualise the language-based items, but also convey a wider picture and greater understanding on this area of the world, a region that has not only been called ‘the cradle of civilisation’, but also the ‘fertile crescent’. Indeed, the Middle East was once the greatest, most advanced and most open civilisation in history (Bernard Lewis).
The exhibition offers an overview of the Middle East. Importantly, it is historical, with those items displayed grounded in a past stretching back to antiquity.
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A Residence at Constantinople, During a Period including the Commencement, Progress, and Termination of the Greek and Turkish Revolutions. Vol. II
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Rev. R. Walsh
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1836
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Shoults Eb 1836 W
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Books
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London: Frederick Westley and A.H. Davis
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In 1820, the Rev. Robert Walsh (1772-1852) was chaplain to the British consulate in Constantinople. While there, he visited Halki (Chalce or Chalki), an island 6km west of Rhodes, and the imposing tomb of Sir Edward Barton, the first ambassador to Constantinople.
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A Middle Eastern Odyssey: From Constantinople to Palmyra. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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16th March, 2018
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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‘The Middle East is where three continents meet, where empires have waxed and waned, merchants have long traded and warriors have long clashed.’
Lonely Planet Guide, 2003
An imaginary circle that encompasses modern day Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel provides the boundaries for this exhibition on the Middle East. The lands beyond the borders of Turkey and Iran are excluded. The catalyst for this exhibition was the inventory of Middle Eastern and Islamic language materials compiled recently by Dr Majid Daneshgar, former lecturer at Theology and Religion at the University of Otago, now University of Freiburg, Germany. A number of Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Turkish language books and manuscripts feature. The printed books are scarce; the manuscripts unique. They are mainly from the collection of the Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887). There are also some modern publications in the exhibition. These are mainly from the library of Charles Brasch (1903-1973), who was an archaeological field assistant at Tell el Amarna, Egypt, from 1933 to 1935.
The choice travel and history books displayed not only help contextualise the language-based items, but also convey a wider picture and greater understanding on this area of the world, a region that has not only been called ‘the cradle of civilisation’, but also the ‘fertile crescent’. Indeed, the Middle East was once the greatest, most advanced and most open civilisation in history (Bernard Lewis).
The exhibition offers an overview of the Middle East. Importantly, it is historical, with those items displayed grounded in a past stretching back to antiquity.
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A Short History of the Middle East: From the Rise of Islam to Modern Times
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George E. Kirk
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1948
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Brasch DS62 KK8
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Books
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London: Methuen & Co.
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This map provides a basic guide to the economies of the countries of the Middle East in the mid-20th century. At that time, dates and cotton led the economy in Egypt. Today, the Egyptian economy is based around agriculture, natural oil and gas recovery, and tourism with almost 15 million people visiting each year. The country still produces the most dates of any worldwide and has a reputation for producing the best cotton in the world – an industry that was developed in the early 19th century by French entrepreneur, Monsieur Jumel, and the then Ottoman ruler of Egypt, Muhammed Ali. Note the map is pre-Suez Canal construction, a structure that now provides Egypt with five billion dollars of revenue per year.
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A Middle Eastern Odyssey: From Constantinople to Palmyra. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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16th March, 2018
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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‘The Middle East is where three continents meet, where empires have waxed and waned, merchants have long traded and warriors have long clashed.’
Lonely Planet Guide, 2003
An imaginary circle that encompasses modern day Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel provides the boundaries for this exhibition on the Middle East. The lands beyond the borders of Turkey and Iran are excluded. The catalyst for this exhibition was the inventory of Middle Eastern and Islamic language materials compiled recently by Dr Majid Daneshgar, former lecturer at Theology and Religion at the University of Otago, now University of Freiburg, Germany. A number of Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Turkish language books and manuscripts feature. The printed books are scarce; the manuscripts unique. They are mainly from the collection of the Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887). There are also some modern publications in the exhibition. These are mainly from the library of Charles Brasch (1903-1973), who was an archaeological field assistant at Tell el Amarna, Egypt, from 1933 to 1935.
The choice travel and history books displayed not only help contextualise the language-based items, but also convey a wider picture and greater understanding on this area of the world, a region that has not only been called ‘the cradle of civilisation’, but also the ‘fertile crescent’. Indeed, the Middle East was once the greatest, most advanced and most open civilisation in history (Bernard Lewis).
The exhibition offers an overview of the Middle East. Importantly, it is historical, with those items displayed grounded in a past stretching back to antiquity.
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A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy
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Ida Laura Pfeiffer
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1852
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Special Collections DS48 P52 1852
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Books
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London: Ingram Cooke & Co.
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‘I had for years cherished the wish to undertake a journey to the Holy Land.’ So wrote the Austrian Ida Laura Pfeiffer (1797-1858) in her very popular <em>A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy</em>. Pfeiffer, one of the first female explorers, began her journey in 1842, travelling along the Danube river to Istanbul and then on to Palestine and Egypt. Her journey, which took nine months, also included Jerusalem (Hebrew: יְרוּשָׁלַיִם; Arabic: القُدس), one of the oldest cities in the world. In 1845, just after her visit, Jersualem’s population was 16,410, with 7,120 Jews, 5,000 Muslims, 3,390 Christians, 800 Turkish soldiers and 100 European. A recent census (2015) has the population at some 850,000 residents: approximately 200,000 Jewish-Israelis, 350,000 Haredi Jews, and 300,000 Palestinian Arabs. The aquatints – of which this is one of eight – greatly enhance Pfeiffer’s text.
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A Middle Eastern Odyssey: From Constantinople to Palmyra. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
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16th March, 2018
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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‘The Middle East is where three continents meet, where empires have waxed and waned, merchants have long traded and warriors have long clashed.’
Lonely Planet Guide, 2003
An imaginary circle that encompasses modern day Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel provides the boundaries for this exhibition on the Middle East. The lands beyond the borders of Turkey and Iran are excluded. The catalyst for this exhibition was the inventory of Middle Eastern and Islamic language materials compiled recently by Dr Majid Daneshgar, former lecturer at Theology and Religion at the University of Otago, now University of Freiburg, Germany. A number of Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Turkish language books and manuscripts feature. The printed books are scarce; the manuscripts unique. They are mainly from the collection of the Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887). There are also some modern publications in the exhibition. These are mainly from the library of Charles Brasch (1903-1973), who was an archaeological field assistant at Tell el Amarna, Egypt, from 1933 to 1935.
The choice travel and history books displayed not only help contextualise the language-based items, but also convey a wider picture and greater understanding on this area of the world, a region that has not only been called ‘the cradle of civilisation’, but also the ‘fertile crescent’. Indeed, the Middle East was once the greatest, most advanced and most open civilisation in history (Bernard Lewis).
The exhibition offers an overview of the Middle East. Importantly, it is historical, with those items displayed grounded in a past stretching back to antiquity.
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Abdollatiphi Historiae Aegypti Compendium, Arabice et Latine
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Muwaffaq al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Laṭīf al-Baghdādī
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1800
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Shoults Ec 1800 A
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Books
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[Oxford: J. Cooke, Hanwell, & Parker]
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In 1189, physician and polymath, ʿAbd al-Laṭīf al-Baghdādī (1162-1231) left his hometown of Baghdad and for the rest of his life he travelled throughout the Middle East. His visit to Egypt in 1200 culminated in this treatise on Egypt. It is one of many he wrote in his lifetime on a range of subjects including medicine, philosophy, law, and grammar. Translated into Latin in the 18th century, al- Baghdādī describes Egypt as ‘<em>ea vallis, quam ambient montes bini, orientalis et occidentalis</em>’– ‘in a valley between two mountain ranges’. The author described in detail the many ancient Egyptian monuments like the Pyramids at Giza and wrote of the incredible engineering and technical skills of the Egyptians.
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Title
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A Middle Eastern Odyssey: From Constantinople to Palmyra. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
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16th March, 2018
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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‘The Middle East is where three continents meet, where empires have waxed and waned, merchants have long traded and warriors have long clashed.’
Lonely Planet Guide, 2003
An imaginary circle that encompasses modern day Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel provides the boundaries for this exhibition on the Middle East. The lands beyond the borders of Turkey and Iran are excluded. The catalyst for this exhibition was the inventory of Middle Eastern and Islamic language materials compiled recently by Dr Majid Daneshgar, former lecturer at Theology and Religion at the University of Otago, now University of Freiburg, Germany. A number of Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Turkish language books and manuscripts feature. The printed books are scarce; the manuscripts unique. They are mainly from the collection of the Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887). There are also some modern publications in the exhibition. These are mainly from the library of Charles Brasch (1903-1973), who was an archaeological field assistant at Tell el Amarna, Egypt, from 1933 to 1935.
The choice travel and history books displayed not only help contextualise the language-based items, but also convey a wider picture and greater understanding on this area of the world, a region that has not only been called ‘the cradle of civilisation’, but also the ‘fertile crescent’. Indeed, the Middle East was once the greatest, most advanced and most open civilisation in history (Bernard Lewis).
The exhibition offers an overview of the Middle East. Importantly, it is historical, with those items displayed grounded in a past stretching back to antiquity.
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Title
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Aden to the Hadhramaut: A Journey in South Arabia
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D. van der Meulen
Date
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1947
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Brasch DS247 H32 MK82
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Books
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London: John Murray
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Dutch diplomat, Daniel van der Meulen (1894-1989) was also an Islamic and Arabic scholar. In a bid to travel the ancient incense trade routes, van der Meulen embarked on a journey from Aden, on the west coast of Yemen, to the Hadhramaut Valley region – about 650 kilometres as the crow flies. He set off on the eve of WWII in 1939 and visited towns in the region that had, over time, been governed by the Portuguese, the Ottoman Empire, and the British, among others. These photographs from van der Meulen's <em>Journey</em> showcase the town of Tarim. It was, and still is, an important religious centre in the Hadhramaut Valley and contains over 300 mosques. According to Wikipedia, the town has the ‘highest concentration’ of the prophet Muhammed’s descendants in the world.
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A Middle Eastern Odyssey: From Constantinople to Palmyra. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
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16th March, 2018
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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‘The Middle East is where three continents meet, where empires have waxed and waned, merchants have long traded and warriors have long clashed.’
Lonely Planet Guide, 2003
An imaginary circle that encompasses modern day Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel provides the boundaries for this exhibition on the Middle East. The lands beyond the borders of Turkey and Iran are excluded. The catalyst for this exhibition was the inventory of Middle Eastern and Islamic language materials compiled recently by Dr Majid Daneshgar, former lecturer at Theology and Religion at the University of Otago, now University of Freiburg, Germany. A number of Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Turkish language books and manuscripts feature. The printed books are scarce; the manuscripts unique. They are mainly from the collection of the Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887). There are also some modern publications in the exhibition. These are mainly from the library of Charles Brasch (1903-1973), who was an archaeological field assistant at Tell el Amarna, Egypt, from 1933 to 1935.
The choice travel and history books displayed not only help contextualise the language-based items, but also convey a wider picture and greater understanding on this area of the world, a region that has not only been called ‘the cradle of civilisation’, but also the ‘fertile crescent’. Indeed, the Middle East was once the greatest, most advanced and most open civilisation in history (Bernard Lewis).
The exhibition offers an overview of the Middle East. Importantly, it is historical, with those items displayed grounded in a past stretching back to antiquity.
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Akhlak-i Muhsini, or, The Morals of the Beneficent, Literally Translated from the Persian… by H. G. Keene.
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Kamāl al-Dīn Ḥusayn Vāʿiẓ Kāshi
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1850
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Shoults Eb 1850 K
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Books
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Hertford, England: Stephen Austin
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Kamāl al-Dīn Ḥusayn Vāʿiẓ Kāshifī (c.840/1436-37 - 910/1504-5) was an influential preacher (<em>Vāʿiẓ</em>) and scholar of Islam who wrote in his life-time some forty works, almost all in Persian. According to reports, his preaching drew large crowds, mainly because of his beautiful voice, rhetorical skills, and ability to explain Qu’ranic verses and prophetic traditions clearly and concisely. Although deemed a populariser, Kāshifī helped document a wide range of knowledge important to the Islamic world. <em>Akhlāq-e muḥsinī</em> (Akhlak-i Muhsini) was a treatise on ethics and statecraft that he completed in 907/1501-2. The Persian scholar, the Rev. Henry George Keene (1781–1864), translated a portion of it as <em>The Morals of the Beneficent</em>. This is a later printing of 1850.
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A Middle Eastern Odyssey: From Constantinople to Palmyra. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
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16th March, 2018
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Abstract
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‘The Middle East is where three continents meet, where empires have waxed and waned, merchants have long traded and warriors have long clashed.’
Lonely Planet Guide, 2003
An imaginary circle that encompasses modern day Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel provides the boundaries for this exhibition on the Middle East. The lands beyond the borders of Turkey and Iran are excluded. The catalyst for this exhibition was the inventory of Middle Eastern and Islamic language materials compiled recently by Dr Majid Daneshgar, former lecturer at Theology and Religion at the University of Otago, now University of Freiburg, Germany. A number of Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Turkish language books and manuscripts feature. The printed books are scarce; the manuscripts unique. They are mainly from the collection of the Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887). There are also some modern publications in the exhibition. These are mainly from the library of Charles Brasch (1903-1973), who was an archaeological field assistant at Tell el Amarna, Egypt, from 1933 to 1935.
The choice travel and history books displayed not only help contextualise the language-based items, but also convey a wider picture and greater understanding on this area of the world, a region that has not only been called ‘the cradle of civilisation’, but also the ‘fertile crescent’. Indeed, the Middle East was once the greatest, most advanced and most open civilisation in history (Bernard Lewis).
The exhibition offers an overview of the Middle East. Importantly, it is historical, with those items displayed grounded in a past stretching back to antiquity.
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Annus et Epochae Syromacedonum in Vetustis Urbium Syriae Nummis praesertim Mediceis Expositae….
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F. Henrico Noris
Date
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1696
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Shoults Gb 1696 N
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Books
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[Leipzig: Thomas Fritsch]
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Roman Catholic Cardinal Henry Noris’s (1631-1704) work on the Syro-Macedonian calendar is considered one of his most learned and important. The map accompanying the text features ‘Coele Syria’ and ‘Syria Superior’ – both names for Syria in classical times. The country was part of the ‘cradle of civilisation’ and has over the years been ruled by the Persians (6th cent. BC); the Seleucids (4th cent. BC); and the Romans (1st cent. BC – 5th cent. AD). In the 7th century, Syria was conquered by Muslim Arabs and from 1518 to 1918, the Ottomans ruled the country. In 1920, France extracted a mandate from League of Nations to govern Syria and in 1946, it gained independence. Since 1970, Syria has been ruled by father and son Hafez al-Assad (1930-2000) and Bashar al-Assad (b. 1965).
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A Middle Eastern Odyssey: From Constantinople to Palmyra. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
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16th March, 2018
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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‘The Middle East is where three continents meet, where empires have waxed and waned, merchants have long traded and warriors have long clashed.’
Lonely Planet Guide, 2003
An imaginary circle that encompasses modern day Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel provides the boundaries for this exhibition on the Middle East. The lands beyond the borders of Turkey and Iran are excluded. The catalyst for this exhibition was the inventory of Middle Eastern and Islamic language materials compiled recently by Dr Majid Daneshgar, former lecturer at Theology and Religion at the University of Otago, now University of Freiburg, Germany. A number of Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Turkish language books and manuscripts feature. The printed books are scarce; the manuscripts unique. They are mainly from the collection of the Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887). There are also some modern publications in the exhibition. These are mainly from the library of Charles Brasch (1903-1973), who was an archaeological field assistant at Tell el Amarna, Egypt, from 1933 to 1935.
The choice travel and history books displayed not only help contextualise the language-based items, but also convey a wider picture and greater understanding on this area of the world, a region that has not only been called ‘the cradle of civilisation’, but also the ‘fertile crescent’. Indeed, the Middle East was once the greatest, most advanced and most open civilisation in history (Bernard Lewis).
The exhibition offers an overview of the Middle East. Importantly, it is historical, with those items displayed grounded in a past stretching back to antiquity.
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Arabic Grammar of the Written Language. 3rd edition
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G.W. Thatcher
Date
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1927
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Brasch PJ6307 H32 1927
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Books
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London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co.
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Apart from the various types of spoken Arabic, the language (a Central Semitic one) is mainly divided into classical (فصحى اَلتُّرَاث <em>fuṣḥá t-turāth</em>); and modern standard Arabic (فصحى العصر <em>fuṣḥá l-‘aṣr</em>). These two carry subtle differences. With the increased number of travellers (be they adventurers or tourists) to the Middle East in the 19th and 20th centuries, and scholars increasingly interested in the language, a plethora of ‘How to’ Arabic grammars were produced. This Rev. G.W. Thatcher’s<em> Grammar</em> (1927) was once owned by Charles Brasch (1909-1973), who used it while in Egypt during the early 1930s.
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A Middle Eastern Odyssey: From Constantinople to Palmyra. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
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16th March, 2018
Contributor
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Abstract
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‘The Middle East is where three continents meet, where empires have waxed and waned, merchants have long traded and warriors have long clashed.’
Lonely Planet Guide, 2003
An imaginary circle that encompasses modern day Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel provides the boundaries for this exhibition on the Middle East. The lands beyond the borders of Turkey and Iran are excluded. The catalyst for this exhibition was the inventory of Middle Eastern and Islamic language materials compiled recently by Dr Majid Daneshgar, former lecturer at Theology and Religion at the University of Otago, now University of Freiburg, Germany. A number of Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Turkish language books and manuscripts feature. The printed books are scarce; the manuscripts unique. They are mainly from the collection of the Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887). There are also some modern publications in the exhibition. These are mainly from the library of Charles Brasch (1903-1973), who was an archaeological field assistant at Tell el Amarna, Egypt, from 1933 to 1935.
The choice travel and history books displayed not only help contextualise the language-based items, but also convey a wider picture and greater understanding on this area of the world, a region that has not only been called ‘the cradle of civilisation’, but also the ‘fertile crescent’. Indeed, the Middle East was once the greatest, most advanced and most open civilisation in history (Bernard Lewis).
The exhibition offers an overview of the Middle East. Importantly, it is historical, with those items displayed grounded in a past stretching back to antiquity.
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Biblia Hebraica
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___
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1611
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Shoults Lb 1611 B
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Books
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[Leiden: Officina Plantiniana Raphelengii]
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In the early years of printing, Italy reigned supreme when it came to the printing of Hebrew. In 1475, the first dated Hebrew book was completed in Reggio di Calabria; on 26 January 1482, the first edition of the <em>Pentateuch</em> (often called the F<em>ive Books of Moses</em> or the <em>Torah</em>) appeared at Bologna; and on 22 April 1488, the first complete Hebrew Bible appeared at Soncino. Leiden also featured. This Latin-Hebrew Bible was printed in 1611 by Franciscus Raphelengius, a pioneer of Hebrew typography in the Netherlands. The interlinear Latin translation is by Santes Pagninus (1470-1536), whose Latin version of the Hebrew Bible greatly aided future scriptural translators and scholars. Here is an early portion of the Book of Genesis.
Middle East
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A Middle Eastern Odyssey: From Constantinople to Palmyra. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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16th March, 2018
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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‘The Middle East is where three continents meet, where empires have waxed and waned, merchants have long traded and warriors have long clashed.’
Lonely Planet Guide, 2003
An imaginary circle that encompasses modern day Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel provides the boundaries for this exhibition on the Middle East. The lands beyond the borders of Turkey and Iran are excluded. The catalyst for this exhibition was the inventory of Middle Eastern and Islamic language materials compiled recently by Dr Majid Daneshgar, former lecturer at Theology and Religion at the University of Otago, now University of Freiburg, Germany. A number of Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Turkish language books and manuscripts feature. The printed books are scarce; the manuscripts unique. They are mainly from the collection of the Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887). There are also some modern publications in the exhibition. These are mainly from the library of Charles Brasch (1903-1973), who was an archaeological field assistant at Tell el Amarna, Egypt, from 1933 to 1935.
The choice travel and history books displayed not only help contextualise the language-based items, but also convey a wider picture and greater understanding on this area of the world, a region that has not only been called ‘the cradle of civilisation’, but also the ‘fertile crescent’. Indeed, the Middle East was once the greatest, most advanced and most open civilisation in history (Bernard Lewis).
The exhibition offers an overview of the Middle East. Importantly, it is historical, with those items displayed grounded in a past stretching back to antiquity.
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Dalāʾil al-Khayrāt wa Shawāriq al-Anwār fī Dhikr al-Ṣalāt ʿAlā al-Nabī al-Mukhtār or ‘The Guide Book of Blessings and Enlightenment [that comes from] Invoking the Chosen Prophet in Prayer’
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Muhammad ibn Sulaymān al-Jazūlī
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c. 1804/05
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Shoults MS. 12
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Manuscripts
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Unpublished
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While Europe was experiencing its supposed ‘Dark Ages’, the Arab World was going through a time of great learning and scholarship – its ‘Golden Age’. It began with the dissemination of the Islamic religion and culture throughout the Middle East in the 8th century. Many ancient works in Greek, Persian, Chinese, Indian, and Phoenician were translated into Arabic. This ‘Golden Age’ petered out with the invasion of the Mongols in the 13th century but scholarship continued. This Arabic manuscript is a copy from a 15th century original concerning religious matters – the title, as outlined on these pages above, essentially means ‘The Guide Book of Blessings and Enlightenment [that comes from] Invoking the Chosen Prophet in Prayer’.
Middle East
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Title
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A Middle Eastern Odyssey: From Constantinople to Palmyra. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
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16th March, 2018
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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‘The Middle East is where three continents meet, where empires have waxed and waned, merchants have long traded and warriors have long clashed.’
Lonely Planet Guide, 2003
An imaginary circle that encompasses modern day Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel provides the boundaries for this exhibition on the Middle East. The lands beyond the borders of Turkey and Iran are excluded. The catalyst for this exhibition was the inventory of Middle Eastern and Islamic language materials compiled recently by Dr Majid Daneshgar, former lecturer at Theology and Religion at the University of Otago, now University of Freiburg, Germany. A number of Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Turkish language books and manuscripts feature. The printed books are scarce; the manuscripts unique. They are mainly from the collection of the Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887). There are also some modern publications in the exhibition. These are mainly from the library of Charles Brasch (1903-1973), who was an archaeological field assistant at Tell el Amarna, Egypt, from 1933 to 1935.
The choice travel and history books displayed not only help contextualise the language-based items, but also convey a wider picture and greater understanding on this area of the world, a region that has not only been called ‘the cradle of civilisation’, but also the ‘fertile crescent’. Indeed, the Middle East was once the greatest, most advanced and most open civilisation in history (Bernard Lewis).
The exhibition offers an overview of the Middle East. Importantly, it is historical, with those items displayed grounded in a past stretching back to antiquity.
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East is West
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Freya Stark
Date
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1945
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Brasch DS49 S78
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Books
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London: John Murray
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British travel writer and polyglot, Freya Stark (1893-1993) travelled extensively in the Middle East – she spoke fluent Arabic and Persian. Her first trip to the Middle East was in 1927 and she was one of the first non-Arabians to trek across the deserts of Southern Arabia. During WWII, Stark was employed by the British Government’s Ministry of Information as ‘Assistant Information Officer’ for diplomat Stewart Perowne (1901-89), a man she would later marry. Essentially, she was a ‘propagandist’ for the British and tried to persuade the Arabs ‘to support the Allies or at least remain neutral’. Whether she was successful or not cannot be measured but her book <em>East is West</em> is a memoir of that time.
Middle East
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Title
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A Middle Eastern Odyssey: From Constantinople to Palmyra. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
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16th March, 2018
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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‘The Middle East is where three continents meet, where empires have waxed and waned, merchants have long traded and warriors have long clashed.’
Lonely Planet Guide, 2003
An imaginary circle that encompasses modern day Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel provides the boundaries for this exhibition on the Middle East. The lands beyond the borders of Turkey and Iran are excluded. The catalyst for this exhibition was the inventory of Middle Eastern and Islamic language materials compiled recently by Dr Majid Daneshgar, former lecturer at Theology and Religion at the University of Otago, now University of Freiburg, Germany. A number of Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Turkish language books and manuscripts feature. The printed books are scarce; the manuscripts unique. They are mainly from the collection of the Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887). There are also some modern publications in the exhibition. These are mainly from the library of Charles Brasch (1903-1973), who was an archaeological field assistant at Tell el Amarna, Egypt, from 1933 to 1935.
The choice travel and history books displayed not only help contextualise the language-based items, but also convey a wider picture and greater understanding on this area of the world, a region that has not only been called ‘the cradle of civilisation’, but also the ‘fertile crescent’. Indeed, the Middle East was once the greatest, most advanced and most open civilisation in history (Bernard Lewis).
The exhibition offers an overview of the Middle East. Importantly, it is historical, with those items displayed grounded in a past stretching back to antiquity.
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Elements. Books 1-3
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Euclid
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c. 1800
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De Beer MS. 08
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Manuscript
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Unpublished
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In the 8th and 9th centuries, there was an intellectual awakening in the Orient, much of it centred around Bayt Al-Hikmah (The House of Wisdom) in Baghdad, which attracted scholars from all over the world. Tasks undertaken at the centre included the translation of major works of the Greeks, Indians, and Persians. Among the Greek works was Euclid’s <em>Elements of Geometry</em>, which is considered as one of the most successful and influential textbooks ever written. This is a battered Arabic manuscript in naskh script of chapters 1 to 3 of Euclid’s work, beginning in the middle of definition ten. It is an Isḥāq ibn Ḥunayn-Thābit ibn Qurra version, the most influential of Arabic translations. Euclid – the ‘father of geometry’ – first became known in Europe through Latin translations of these versions. The age of the manuscript is probably much later than given date of c.1800.
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Title
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A Middle Eastern Odyssey: From Constantinople to Palmyra. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
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16th March, 2018
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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‘The Middle East is where three continents meet, where empires have waxed and waned, merchants have long traded and warriors have long clashed.’
Lonely Planet Guide, 2003
An imaginary circle that encompasses modern day Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel provides the boundaries for this exhibition on the Middle East. The lands beyond the borders of Turkey and Iran are excluded. The catalyst for this exhibition was the inventory of Middle Eastern and Islamic language materials compiled recently by Dr Majid Daneshgar, former lecturer at Theology and Religion at the University of Otago, now University of Freiburg, Germany. A number of Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Turkish language books and manuscripts feature. The printed books are scarce; the manuscripts unique. They are mainly from the collection of the Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887). There are also some modern publications in the exhibition. These are mainly from the library of Charles Brasch (1903-1973), who was an archaeological field assistant at Tell el Amarna, Egypt, from 1933 to 1935.
The choice travel and history books displayed not only help contextualise the language-based items, but also convey a wider picture and greater understanding on this area of the world, a region that has not only been called ‘the cradle of civilisation’, but also the ‘fertile crescent’. Indeed, the Middle East was once the greatest, most advanced and most open civilisation in history (Bernard Lewis).
The exhibition offers an overview of the Middle East. Importantly, it is historical, with those items displayed grounded in a past stretching back to antiquity.
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Evangelium Infantiae: Vel Liber Apocryphus de Infantia Servatoris
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___
Date
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1697
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Shoults Lb 1697 B
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Books
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Trajecti ad Rhenum: Franciscum Halmam and Guiljelmum vande Water
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This double-page spread of Arabic-Latin printed text is from an important first edition of the <em>Syriac Infancy Gospel</em>, translated by Henry Sike, Professor of Oriental Languages at Cambridge, in 1697. Also known as the <em>Arabic Infancy Gospel</em>, <em>Evangelium Infantiae</em> concerns the childhood of Jesus. This apocryphal piece, originating from Syriac sources of the 5th and 6th centuries, reveals some amusing claims: a magic diaper that heals people; sweat (of Jesus) that turns into balm, and cures leprosy; and an early encounter for Jesus with Judas Iscariot.
Middle East
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Title
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A Middle Eastern Odyssey: From Constantinople to Palmyra. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
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16th March, 2018
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Abstract
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‘The Middle East is where three continents meet, where empires have waxed and waned, merchants have long traded and warriors have long clashed.’
Lonely Planet Guide, 2003
An imaginary circle that encompasses modern day Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel provides the boundaries for this exhibition on the Middle East. The lands beyond the borders of Turkey and Iran are excluded. The catalyst for this exhibition was the inventory of Middle Eastern and Islamic language materials compiled recently by Dr Majid Daneshgar, former lecturer at Theology and Religion at the University of Otago, now University of Freiburg, Germany. A number of Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Turkish language books and manuscripts feature. The printed books are scarce; the manuscripts unique. They are mainly from the collection of the Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887). There are also some modern publications in the exhibition. These are mainly from the library of Charles Brasch (1903-1973), who was an archaeological field assistant at Tell el Amarna, Egypt, from 1933 to 1935.
The choice travel and history books displayed not only help contextualise the language-based items, but also convey a wider picture and greater understanding on this area of the world, a region that has not only been called ‘the cradle of civilisation’, but also the ‘fertile crescent’. Indeed, the Middle East was once the greatest, most advanced and most open civilisation in history (Bernard Lewis).
The exhibition offers an overview of the Middle East. Importantly, it is historical, with those items displayed grounded in a past stretching back to antiquity.
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Title
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Guide to New Palestine. 8th edition
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Zionist Information Bureau for Tourists in Palestine
Date
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1934-1935
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Brasch DS103 Z179 1935
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Books
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Jerusalem: Published by the Zionist Information Bureau for Tourists in Palestine
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‘We believe that it is precisely the traveller desirous of reconstructing the scenes of the Bible who will be most interested in the country’s present development, proceeding, as it largely does, on the lines of Biblical tradition…Spring and autumn are the most favourable seasons for visiting Palestine.’ So reads the ‘Foreword’ in this <em>Guide to New Palestine</em>, dated ‘Iyyar 5694 (May 1934).’ This guidebook was once owned by Charles Brasch, who could well have used it while he was living in the Middle East. The ‘Four-ton Candlestick’ from the Otago Daily Times (February 1956) was loosely tipped in.
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Title
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A Middle Eastern Odyssey: From Constantinople to Palmyra. Online exhibition
Creator
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
16th March, 2018
Contributor
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Abstract
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‘The Middle East is where three continents meet, where empires have waxed and waned, merchants have long traded and warriors have long clashed.’
Lonely Planet Guide, 2003
An imaginary circle that encompasses modern day Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel provides the boundaries for this exhibition on the Middle East. The lands beyond the borders of Turkey and Iran are excluded. The catalyst for this exhibition was the inventory of Middle Eastern and Islamic language materials compiled recently by Dr Majid Daneshgar, former lecturer at Theology and Religion at the University of Otago, now University of Freiburg, Germany. A number of Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Turkish language books and manuscripts feature. The printed books are scarce; the manuscripts unique. They are mainly from the collection of the Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887). There are also some modern publications in the exhibition. These are mainly from the library of Charles Brasch (1903-1973), who was an archaeological field assistant at Tell el Amarna, Egypt, from 1933 to 1935.
The choice travel and history books displayed not only help contextualise the language-based items, but also convey a wider picture and greater understanding on this area of the world, a region that has not only been called ‘the cradle of civilisation’, but also the ‘fertile crescent’. Indeed, the Middle East was once the greatest, most advanced and most open civilisation in history (Bernard Lewis).
The exhibition offers an overview of the Middle East. Importantly, it is historical, with those items displayed grounded in a past stretching back to antiquity.
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Handbook of Spoken Egyptian Arabic: Comprising a Short Grammar and an English Arabic Vocabulary of Current Words and Phrases
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J. Selden Willmore
Date
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1927
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Brasch PJ6779 WQ58 1927
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Books
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London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co.
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Before the Arab Conquest in the 7th century, the peoples of Egypt spoke the Coptic form of Greek or Egyptian. They soon adopted the Arabic language, which became Egyptian Arabic or Masri. In late 1932, Dunedin’s own Charles Brasch (1909-73) set out on a three-year archaeological expedition to the ancient Egyptian city of Tell el Amarna. He was to accompany his friend, papyrologist Colin Roberts, and the trip necessitated learning Egyptian Arabic. Brasch loved the language and described it in his memoirs as a ‘language organized with beautiful economy and concentration…’ Today, Egyptian Arabic is spoken by over eighty million people worldwide. Here is Brasch’s Egyptian Arabic <em>Handbook</em>, with notes in his neat, compact script.
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Title
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A Middle Eastern Odyssey: From Constantinople to Palmyra. Online exhibition
Creator
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
16th March, 2018
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Special Collections, University of Otago
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
‘The Middle East is where three continents meet, where empires have waxed and waned, merchants have long traded and warriors have long clashed.’
Lonely Planet Guide, 2003
An imaginary circle that encompasses modern day Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel provides the boundaries for this exhibition on the Middle East. The lands beyond the borders of Turkey and Iran are excluded. The catalyst for this exhibition was the inventory of Middle Eastern and Islamic language materials compiled recently by Dr Majid Daneshgar, former lecturer at Theology and Religion at the University of Otago, now University of Freiburg, Germany. A number of Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Turkish language books and manuscripts feature. The printed books are scarce; the manuscripts unique. They are mainly from the collection of the Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887). There are also some modern publications in the exhibition. These are mainly from the library of Charles Brasch (1903-1973), who was an archaeological field assistant at Tell el Amarna, Egypt, from 1933 to 1935.
The choice travel and history books displayed not only help contextualise the language-based items, but also convey a wider picture and greater understanding on this area of the world, a region that has not only been called ‘the cradle of civilisation’, but also the ‘fertile crescent’. Indeed, the Middle East was once the greatest, most advanced and most open civilisation in history (Bernard Lewis).
The exhibition offers an overview of the Middle East. Importantly, it is historical, with those items displayed grounded in a past stretching back to antiquity.
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Title
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Hashish
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Henry de Monfried
Date
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1946
Identifier
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Special Collections DT39 M582 1946
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Books
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Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England: Penguin
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Suez City (top of map), in the northeast of Egypt, has been inhabited since at least the 7th century AD. Today, it has a population of 500,000 and sits at the southern end of the Suez Canal, named for the isthmus through which it was constructed. The Canal, built from 1859 to 1869, connects the Mediterranean to the Red Sea and obviates the need to sail the treacherous seas around the bottom of Africa. This map illustrates French author, smuggler, and adventurer, Henry de Monfried’s work <em>Hashish</em> – one of 70 works written by the opium addict and Islamic convert. De Monfried (1879-1974) bought a consignment of hashish in Greece and transported it to Egypt via Somalia, the Suez Canal, and a band of Bedouin nomads.
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A Middle Eastern Odyssey: From Constantinople to Palmyra. Online exhibition
Creator
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
16th March, 2018
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Special Collections, University of Otago
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
‘The Middle East is where three continents meet, where empires have waxed and waned, merchants have long traded and warriors have long clashed.’
Lonely Planet Guide, 2003
An imaginary circle that encompasses modern day Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel provides the boundaries for this exhibition on the Middle East. The lands beyond the borders of Turkey and Iran are excluded. The catalyst for this exhibition was the inventory of Middle Eastern and Islamic language materials compiled recently by Dr Majid Daneshgar, former lecturer at Theology and Religion at the University of Otago, now University of Freiburg, Germany. A number of Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Turkish language books and manuscripts feature. The printed books are scarce; the manuscripts unique. They are mainly from the collection of the Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887). There are also some modern publications in the exhibition. These are mainly from the library of Charles Brasch (1903-1973), who was an archaeological field assistant at Tell el Amarna, Egypt, from 1933 to 1935.
The choice travel and history books displayed not only help contextualise the language-based items, but also convey a wider picture and greater understanding on this area of the world, a region that has not only been called ‘the cradle of civilisation’, but also the ‘fertile crescent’. Indeed, the Middle East was once the greatest, most advanced and most open civilisation in history (Bernard Lewis).
The exhibition offers an overview of the Middle East. Importantly, it is historical, with those items displayed grounded in a past stretching back to antiquity.
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History of Baalbek
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Michel M. Alouf
Date
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1941
Identifier
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Special Collections DS89 AE77 1941
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Books
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Beirut: American Press
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Lebanon is a small Middle Eastern country, encompassing about 10,000 km square. After gaining independence from the French in 1943, Lebanon suffered a fifteen-year civil war from 1975. Baalbek, at the foot of the Anti-Lebanon mountain range near the border with Syria, has been inhabited for thousands of years. What started as a small village associated with a temple to the sun god Hadad or Baal, became the magnificent Roman city, Heliopolis. Several Roman emperors initiated enormous building projects there. Some of these still stand today like the Temple of Bacchus, pictured here. Commissioned by Emperor Antoninus Pius (86-161 AD), the Temple is one of best preserved, with 19 of its 42 original Corinthian columns still standing. The ruins at Baalbek are a World Heritage site.