Arabia: The Cradle of Islam: Studies in the Geography, People, and Politics of the Peninsula with an account of Islam and Mission-work

Samuel M. Zwemer

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Arabia: The Cradle of Islam

Studies in the Geography, People, and Politics of the Peninsula with an account of Islam and Mission-work

Samuel M. Zwemer
Illustrator: James S. Dennis

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2013

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

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Introductory Note Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
Note to the Fourth Edition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	4
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	5
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	7
List of Illustrations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	15
MAPS AND DIAGRAMS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	16
I. THE NEGLECTED PENINSULA Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	17
II. THE GEOGRAPHICAL DIVISIONS OF ARABIA Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	25
III. THE HOLY LAND OF ARABIA—MECCA Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	30
IV. THE HOLY LAND OF ARABIA—MEDINA Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	45
V. ADEN AND AN INLAND JOURNEY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	53
VI. YEMEN: THE SWITZERLAND OF ARABIA Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	62
VII. THE UNEXPLORED REGIONS OF HADRAMAUT Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	72
VIII. MUSCAT AND THE COASTLANDS OF OMAN Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	78
IX. THE LAND OF THE CAMEL Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	88
X. THE PEARL ISLANDS OF THE GULF Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	97
XI. THE EASTERN THRESHOLD OF ARABIA Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	110
XII. THE RIVER-COUNTRY AND THE DATE-PALM Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	119
XIII. THE CITIES AND VILLAGES OF TURKISH-ARABIA . Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	128
XIV. A JOURNEY DOWN THE EUPHRATES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	136
XV. THE INTERIOR—KNOWN AND UNKNOWN Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	143
XVI. "THE TIME OF IGNORANCE" Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	158
XVII. ISLAM IN ITS CRADLE—THE MOSLEM'S GOD Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	169
XVIII. THE PROPHET AND HIS BOOK Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	179
XIX. THE WAHABI RULERS AND REFORMERS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	191
XX. THE RULERS OF OMAN Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	202
XXI. THE STORY OF THE TURKS IN ARABIA Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	206
XXII. BRITISH INFLUENCE IN ARABIA Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	218
XXIII. PRESENT POLITICS IN ARABIA Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	233
XXIV. THE ARABIC LANGUAGE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	238
XXV. THE LITERATURE OF THE ARABS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	251
XXVI. THE ARAB Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	258
XXVII. ARABIAN ARTS AND SCIENCES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	274
XXVIII. THE STAR-WORSHIPPERS OF MESOPOTAMIA Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	285
XXIX. EARLY CHRISTIANITY IN ARABIA Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	300
XXX. THE DAWN OF MODERN ARABIAN MISSIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	314
XXXI. ION KEITH FALCONER AND THE ADEN MISSION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	331
XXXII. BISHOP FRENCH THE VETERAN MISSIONARY TO MUSCAT Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	344
XXXIII. THE AMERICAN ARABIAN MISSION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	353
XXXIV. IN MEMORIAM Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	367
XXXV. PROBLEMS OF THE ARABIAN FIELD Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	374
XXXVI. THE OUTLOOK FOR MISSIONS TO MOSLEMS IN ARABIA Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	391
Appendix I. A CHRONOLOGIGAL TABLE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	409
Appendix II. TABLE OF THE ARAB TRIBES OF NORTHERN ARABIA Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	413
Appendix III. KAAT AND COFFEE CULTURE IN ARABIA Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	414
Appendix IV. AN ARABIAN BIBLIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	416
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	429

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https://doi.org/10.31826/9781463228842

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Arabia: The Cradle of Islam

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