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Encountering Islam : Joseph Pitts : an English slave in 17th-century Algiers and Mecca : a critical edition, with biographical introduction and notes, of Joseph Pitts of Exeter's A faithful account of the religion and manners of the Mahometans, 1731 / Paul Auchterlonie.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Auchterlonie, Paul, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pitts, Joseph, 1662 or 1663-approximately 1735--Travel--Islamic countries.
- Pitts, Joseph.
- British--Islamic countries--History--18th century.
- British.
- Soldiers--Great Britain--Biography.
- Soldiers.
- Enslaved persons--Islamic countries--Biography.
- Enslaved persons.
- Enslaved persons--Islamic countries--History--18th century.
- Islamic countries--History--18th century.
- Islamic countries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (370 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Arabian Publishing, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Long before European empires came to dominate the Middle East, Britain was brought face to face with Islam through the activities of the Barbary corsairs. For three centuries after 1500, Muslim ships based in North African ports terrorized European shipping, capturing thousands of vessels and enslaving hundreds of thousands of Christians. Encountering Islam is the fascinating story of one Englishman's experience of life within a Muslim society, as both Christian slave and Muslim soldier. Born in Exeter around 1662, Joseph Pitts was captured by Algerian pirates on his first voyage in 1678. Sold
- Contents:
- ""Acknowledgements""; ""Note on transliteration and transcription""; ""List of maps and illustrations""; ""Part I Joseph Pitts: Sailor, Slave, Traveller, Pilgrim""; ""Part II A Faithful Account of the Religion and Manners of the Mahometans""; ""Notes to Part I""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index to Part I""; ""Index to Part II""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- Contains:
- Pitts, Joseph, 1662 or 1663-approximately 1735. True and faithful account of the religion and manners of the Mohammetans.
- ISBN:
- 9780957106086
- 0957106084
- 9780957106062
- 0957106068
- OCLC:
- 889675581
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