Comte De Gobineau And Orientalism: Selected Eastern Writings
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
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New York
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: Routledge
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, 2009.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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viii, 248p.
SERIES
Series Title
Culture and civilization in the Middle East
GENERAL NOTES
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Code E.Book: 5918
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Three years in Asia -- The nation -- Religion --The Sufis -- The condition of individuals -- Characters, social relations -- Probable results of relations between Europe and Asia -- Religions and philosophies of Central Asia -- The religious and moral character of Asiatics -- The faith of the Arabs: origin and development of Shi'ism -- Beginnings of Babism -- The development of Babism -- Battles and successes of the Babis in Mazandaran -- Fall of the castle of Shaykh Tabarsi, trouble in Zanjan -- Insurrection in Zanjan, captivity and death of the Bab -- Attempt on the king's life.
NOTES PERTAINING TO RELATED TITLES
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Trois ans en Asie (de 1855 à 1858). Selections. English