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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ḥabshush, Ḥayyim, 1839-1899, author.

Contributor:

Verskin, Alan, translator, writer of introduction.

Standardized Title:

Ruʼyā al-Yaman. English

Language:

English

Hebrew

Judeo-Arabic

Subjects (All):

Ḥabshush, Ḥayyim, 1839-1899--Travel--Yemen (Republic).

Ḥabshush, Ḥayyim.

Halévy, J. (Joseph), 1827-1917--Travel--Yemen (Republic).

Halévy, J.

Ḥabshush, Ḥayyim, 1839-1899.

Halévy, J. (Joseph), 1827-1917.

Jews--Travel.

Jews--Social life and customs.

Jewish-Arab relations.

Jews--Travel--Yemen (Republic).

Jews.

Jews--Yemen (Republic)--Social life and customs.

Ethnic relations.

Manners and customs.

Travel.

Yemen (Republic)--Description and travel.

Yemen (Republic).

Yemen (Republic)--Social life and customs.

Yemen (Republic)--Ethnic relations.

Genre:

Travel writing.

Physical Description:

xiii, 254 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2018]

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 Ṣanʻāʼ.

Notes:

Translated from the Judeo-Arabic and the Hebrew.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781503607736

1503607739

9781503607033

1503607038

OCLC:

1032288500