Saddling the dogs : journeys through Egypt and the Near East / edited by Diane Fortenberry and Deborah Manley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fortenberry, Diane.

Manley, Deborah

Association for the Study of Travel in Egypt and the Near East.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Egypt--Description and travel.

Egypt.

Middle East--Description and travel.

Middle East.

Voyages and travels.

Physical Description:

xi, 170 pages : illustrations, map ; cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxbow Books Ltd., 2009.

Summary:

This Arab Proverb, suggesting the uncompromising determination of nomads to keep moving, whatever the obstacles, epitomizes also the travelling ethos of many early visitors to the 'exotic East'. The journey examined here are linked by the light they shed on the experience of travel in Egypt, Greece and the Ottoman Balkans, and the Near East from the 17th to the early 20th century not so much what was seen as how one got there and how one got around once arrived; the vicissitudes and travails, both expected and strange, that characterized the passage. The purpose of the trips examined range from religious pilgrimages to diplomatic, commercial and military journeys, to middle-class package tours. Each of them is of interest for what it reveals about the realities of travel in Egypt, the estern Mediterranean and the Near East at different times: the means by which travel was carried out, the dangers and discomforts encountered and the preparations made.

The Association for the study of Travel in Egypt and the Near East (ASTENE) is a registered educational charity promoting the study of the history of travel and travellers in the eastern Mediterranean, from Greece and the Ottoman Balkans eastward to Turkey and the Levant, Egypt, the Arabian Peninsula and the Mesopotamian region. For further information about ASTENE's activities and its other publications, see www.astene.org.uk.

Contents:

Death and Disorder in Muhammad Sadiq's Star of the Hajj: Steamships, Quarantine and their Impact on the Muslim Body / Paul Robertson 1

Modern Pilgrims in Egypt and the Holy Land: A Case Study / Hana Navrt̀ilov̀ 13

Facing Travels, Shaping Worlds: Three 17th-century Mesopotamian Travel Accounts / Bart Ooghe 25

From Baghdad to Constantinople on Horseback: A Journey by Claudius and Mary Rich, October-December 1813 / Margaret Oliphant 41

Pascal Coste and Eugn̈e Flandin: Voyage en Perse / Caroline Williams 53

Khalil Aga: A Lost American on the Nile / Cassandra Vivian 81

An American Tourist in 1839: Philip Rhinelander Visits the Mediterranean / Andrew Oliver 95

'The Contagion followed, and vanquish'd them': Plague, Travellers and Lazarettos / Janet Starkey 113

The 6th Earl of Hopetoun Prepares for the Nile / Brenda Moon 129

The Tedious Camel / Peta Rě 143

Travel Clubs in the Era of the First Czechoslovak Republic / Adľa Jůnova Mackov̀ 155.

Notes:

"An ASTENE publication"--P. [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781842173671

1842173677

OCLC:

313657337

Publisher Number:

99935126537