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The book of travels / Ḥannā Diyāb [and four others].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Diyāb, Ḥannā, approximately 1687- author.
- Series:
- Library of Arabic Literature
- Library of Arabic Literature ; v.86
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Diyāb, Ḥannā, approximately 1687---Travel.
- Diyāb, Ḥannā.
- Lucas, Paul, 1664-1737.
- Lucas, Paul.
- Travelers' writings, Arabic--Translations into English.
- Travelers' writings, Arabic.
- Travelers' writings, Arabic--History and criticism.
- Maronites--Syria--Biography.
- Maronites.
- Aleppo (Syria)--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.
- Aleppo (Syria).
- Paris (France)--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.
- Paris (France).
- Aleppo (Syria)--Biography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (465 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- The adventures of the man who created AladdinThe Book of Travels is Ḥannā Diyāb’s remarkable first-person account of his travels as a young man from his hometown of Aleppo to the court of Versailles and back again, which forever linked him to one of the most popular pieces of world literature, the Thousand and One Nights. Diyāb, a Maronite Christian, served as a guide and interpreter for the French naturalist and antiquarian Paul Lucas. Between 1706 and 1716, Diyāb and Lucas traveled through Syria, Cyprus, Egypt, Tripolitania, Tunis, Italy, and France. In Paris, Ḥannā Diyāb met Antoine Galland, who added to his wildly popular translation of the Thousand and One Nights several tales related by Diyāb, including “Aladdin” and “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.” When Lucas failed to make good on his promise of a position for Diyāb at Louis XIV’s Royal Library, Diyāb returned to Aleppo. In his old age, he wrote this engaging account of his youthful adventures, from capture by pirates in the Mediterranean to quack medicine and near-death experiences.Translated into English for the first time, The Book of Travels introduces readers to the young Syrian responsible for some of the most beloved stories from the Thousand and One Nights.An English-only edition.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Series Editor
- Letter from the General Editor
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Map: Ḥannā Diyāb's Travels
- Foreword by Yasmine Seale
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Note on the Text
- Notes to the Introduction
- The Book of Travels
- Chapter One
- Chapter Two: My Departure from Tripoli in the Company of the Traveler Paul Lucas, in the Month of February 1707 of the Christian Era
- Chapter Three: My First Time at Sea with Paul Lucas, in the Month of May 1707
- Chapter Four: Our Voyage to Egypt and What Happened to Us in the Month of June 1707
- Chapter Five: Our Travels to the Maghreb in the Year 1708
- Chapter Six: Our Journey to the Lands of the Franks in the Year 1708
- Chapter Seven: Our Voyage to France
- Chapter Eight: Our Journey from Provence to France and the City of Paris
- Chapter Nine: Our Arrival in Paris, in October 17082
- Chapter Ten: The Last Days of 1708
- Chapter Eleven: In the Lands of the East
- Afterword: Ḥannā Diyāb and the Thousand and One Nights by Paulo Lemos Horta
- Notes
- Glossary of Names and Terms
- Bibliography
- Further Reading
- Index
- About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute
- About the Translator
- The Library of Arabic Literature.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Diyāb, Ḥannā The Book of Travels
- ISBN:
- 1-4798-2004-0
- OCLC:
- 1344160086
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