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A vision of Yemen : the travels of a European Orientalist and his native guide : a translation of Hayyim Habshush's travelogue /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ḥabshush, Ḥayyim, 1839-1899 (Author)
Other Authors: Verskin, Alan (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Language Notes:Translated from the Judeo-Arabic and the Hebrew.
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Ḥabshush, Ḥayyim, > 1839-1899 > Travel > Yemen (Republic)
Halévy, J. > (Joseph), > 1827-1917 > Travel > Yemen (Republic)
Jews > Travel > Yemen (Republic)
Jews > Yemen (Republic) > Social life and customs.
Yemen (Republic) > Description and travel.
Yemen (Republic) > Social life and customs.
Yemen (Republic) > Ethnic relations.
Jewish-Arab relations.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Ḥayyim Ḥabshūsh and the European explorers
  • The people and politics of Yemen
  • A note on the text and translation
  • A vision of Yemen by Ḥayyim Ḥabshūsh
  • Arrival in Yemen
  • Excavations in Ghaymān
  • Jews, Muslims and foreigners in Ṣanʻāʼ
  • Strangers among the tribes
  • Clients and patrons
  • Death and ruins
  • Jews bearing arms
  • An ordeal in the desert
  • The honor code of the Najrānī Jews
  • Persecution
  • The Bedouin
  • The city of Mārib and return to Ṣanʻā.ʼ