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E-raamat: Syrian Desert: Caravans, Travel and Explorations [Taylor & Francis e-raamat]

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First Published in 2007, This historical survey written by a scholar and traveller gives the reader a well informed and readable account of an area of the world which has held and still holds a most significant geographical location in the Middle East - both culturally and commercially. Topics covered include - the bedouin trouble in the area, their origins and organization, ancient and medieval trade, early travellers, accounts of the important Altar of Damascus, Aleppo, Baghdad, Al Wasera, the caravan, state, the 'hajj', and much more.
CHAPTER 1 THE SYRIAN DESERT AND ITS INHABITANTS
1. PROLOGUE
1 (5)
2. GEOGRAPHY OF THE SYRIAN DESERT
6 (4)
3. BEDUIN TRIBES, THEIR ORIGINS AND ORGANIZATION
10(23)
CHAPTER II CHANNELS OF ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL TRADE 1. SYRIAN DESERT ROUTES 33(46)
2. THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OP CARAVAN TRAVEL BETWEEN SYRIA AND MESOPOTAMIA
45(34)
CHAPTER III TRAVELLERS AND EXPLORERS OF THE SYRIAN DESERT 1. EARLY TRAVELLERS 79(46)
2. FOUR GREAT CITIES OF SYRIA AND MESOPOTAMIA: DAMAS CUS, ALEPPO, BAGHDAD AND BASRA
90(11)
3. TRAVELLERS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, AND EXPLORERS OF THE NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURIES
101(24)
CHAPTER IV THE MERCHANT CARAVANS
INTRODUCTORY
125 (1)
1. THE GREAT CARAVANS OF MECCA IN THE SEVENTH CENTURY
126(5)
2. THE ANNUAL CARAVANS WHICH TRADED BETWEEN SYRIA AND MESOPOTAMIA PROM THE SIXTEENTH TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURIES
131(17)
3. DESERT COMMERCE AND CARAVAN TRADE
148 (5)
4. TOLLS, CUSTOMS DUES AND THE EXACTIONS OF THE BEDUIN
153(6)
5. STATUS OF MERCHANT CARAVANS IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
159(1)
CHAPTER V EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY TRAVEL ACROSS THE DESERT
1. THE FOUR PRINCIPAL ROUTES AT THE DISPOSAL OF THE TRAVELLER
159 (15)
2. METHODS AND MANNER OF TRANSPORT ACROSS THE DESERT
174 (19)
CHAPTER VI PRIVATE CARAVANS OF THE GREAT DESERT ROUTE 1. ROUTINE OF TRAVEL AND DAILY INCIDENTS 189 2. DESERT LANDMARKS, AND ITINERARY OF THE ROUTE 193(42)
3. DIFFICULTIES AND DANGERS OF THE DESERT CROSSING. ADVICE TO TRAVELLERS
205(30)
CHAPTER VII THE GREAT "HADD" CARAVANS 1. THE ISLAMIC PILGRIMAGE 219 2. THE ORGANIZATION OF THE PILGRIM CARAVANS 225 CHAPTER VIII ELEVEN CENTURIES OF POSTAL SERVICE 1. THE "BERID" OF THE ABBASID AND MAMLUK PERIODS 235(26)
2. THE "TATARS" OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE, AND THE PIGEON POST
241(4)
3. THE BRITISH DROMEDARY POST
245(16)
CHAPTER IX THE ERA OF MECHANICAL TRANSPORT
1. THE EUPHRATES EXPEDITION
261(2)
2. RAILWAY PLANS AND PROJECTS
263 (7)
3. THE ESTABLISHMENT OP MOTOR TRANSPORT
270 (19)
4. THE AIR SERVICES
289 (5)
5. THE DESERT PIPE-LINES OF THE IRAQ PETROLEUM COMPANY
294(3)
APPENDICES
APPENDIX I. ARABIC TRANSLITERATION
297 (5)
APPENDIX II. GLOSSARY OF ARABIC WORDS AND NAMES
302 (9)
APPENDIX III. GEOGRAPHICAL GLOSSARY
311(7)
APPENDIX IV. TABLE OF MONEYS AND EXCHANGE 3I
I6
APPENDIX V. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. USEPUL GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND ENCYCLOPAEDIAS
318 (1)
2. HISTORIES OF EXPLORATION AND TRAVEL COLLECTIONS
318 (1)
3. MAPS
319(2)
4. PRIMARY SOURCES
321(11)
5. SECONDARY SOURCES
332 (3)
6. PERIODICAL MATERIAL
A. MAGAZINES AND JOURNALS
335(1)
B. NEWSPAPERS
336(1)
APPENDIX VI. NOTES ON SOURCES
337(60)
INDEX 397
Christina Phelps Grant
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