The southern gates of Arabia : a journey in the Hadhramaut / Freya Stark.
نوع المادة : نصالناشر:London : Tauris Parke Paperbacks, 2011وصف:276 pages ; 24 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781848853157
- 1848853157
- DS247.H3 S8 2011
نوع المادة | المكتبة الحالية | رقم الطلب | رقم النسخة | حالة | تاريخ الإستحقاق | الباركود | |
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كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | DS247.H3 S8 2011 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30010011082649 | ||
كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | DS247.H3 S8 2011 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.2 | المتاح | 30010011082650 | ||
كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | DS247.H3 S8 2011 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.3 | المتاح | 30010011312022 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Tracing the ancient incense route, Stark set out to be the first westerner to discover the fabled lost city of Shabwa, which had captivated explorers and travellers for centuries. Though she journeyed through the canyons and mountains of the Hadhramaut extensively and by any means possible, Stark's goal was never reached, but the ending to her story was nevertheless - and in characteristic fashion - dramatic. Having caught measles whilst staying in a sultan's harem and with the region overrun by warring religious factions and bandits, she had to be evacuated by the Royal Air Force. Though Shabwa remained elusive, Freya Stark's remarkable journey ensured that her name would forever be associated with Arabia and her travels hailed as intrepid and adventurous as any undertaken by other great explorers of Arabia such as T.E. Lawrence, Richard Burton and Charles Doughty.