Sindh Revisited

Author : Christopher Ondaatje
Publisher : Toronto ; HarperCollins
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015037417444

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Sindh Revisited by Christopher Ondaatje Pdf

Sindh Revisited is the remarkable story of the author's fascination with the early life of Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890). It is the story of an incredible journey, too - deep into the heart of British India, and the India and Sindh of today. Christopher Ondaatje's Sindh Revisited is the extraordinarily sensitive account of the author's quest to uncover the secrets of the seven years Richard Burton spent in India in the army of the East India Company from 1842 to 1849. "If I wanted to fill the gap in my understanding of Richard Burton, I would have to do something that had never been done before: follow in his footsteps in India...". The journey covered thousands of miles - trekking across deserts where ancient tribes meet modern civilization in the valley of the mighty Indus River. What was it that Burton discovered in India? What was it that changed him from a rebellious, wayward youth into a man of courage, imagination, wisdom and personal power? Through this unique book and the journey it describes, we come nearer than ever before to understanding the mystery of Richard Burton and the devils that drove him.

Author : sir Richard Francis Burton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1877
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600081123

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Sind revisited by sir Richard Francis Burton Pdf

Author : Sir Richard Francis Burton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1877
Category : India
ISBN : YALE:39002014430889

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Sind Revisited: with Notices of the Anglo-Indian Army; Railroads; Past, Present and Future, Etc by Sir Richard Francis Burton Pdf

Author : Sir Richard Francis Burton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 712 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Sindh (Pakistan)
ISBN : MINN:31951D01252024F

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Sind Revisited by Sir Richard Francis Burton Pdf

Author : Victoria Brooks
Publisher : GreatestEscapes.com Publishing
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0968613713

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Literary Trips by Victoria Brooks Pdf

24 more tales representing the very best in travel writing, plus thoroughly researched guidebook information.

Author : Richard Francis Burton
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1021724572

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Sind Revisited by Richard Francis Burton Pdf

Discover the mysteries of Sind with Richard Francis Burton. This book is a fascinating exploration of the people and culture of this region of Pakistan, with an emphasis on the Sufi mystics and their practices. Burton's insights offer a unique window into the intersections of Islam, mysticism, and British colonialism. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : sir Richard Francis Burton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1877
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600081122

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Sind revisited by sir Richard Francis Burton Pdf

Author : Matthew A. Cook
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789004293670

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Annexation and the Unhappy Valley by Matthew A. Cook Pdf

Annexation and the Unhappy Valley addresses the expansion and consolidation of British colonial power in the Sindh region of South Asia. The book focuses on colonial direct rule, rather than the more commonly studied indirect rule, of South Asia.

Author : Michel Boivin,Manoël Pénicaud
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2023-10-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000985962

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Inter-religious Practices and Saint Veneration in the Muslim World by Michel Boivin,Manoël Pénicaud Pdf

Inter-religious Practices and Saint Veneration in the Muslim World studies the immortal saint Khidr/Khizr, a mysterious prophet and popular multi-religious figure and Sufi master venerated across the Muslim world. Focusing on the religious figure of Khidr/Khizr and the practice of religion from Middle East to South Asia, the chapters offer a multi-disciplinary analysis. The book addresses the plurality in the interpretation of Khizr and underlines the unique character of the figure, whose main characteristics are kept by Muslims, Christians, Hindus and Sikhs. Chapters examine vernacular Islamic piety and intercommunal religious practices and highlight the multiples ways through which Khidr/Khizr allows a conversation between different religious cultures. Furthermore, Khidr/Khizr is a most significant case study for deciphering the complex dialectic between the universal and the local. The contributors also argue that Khidr/Khizr played a leading role in the process of translating a religious tradition into the other, in incorporating him through an association with other sacred characters. Bringing together the different worship practices in countries with a very different cultural and religious background, the study includes research from the Balkans to the Punjabs in Pakistan and in India. It will be of interest to researchers in History, Anthropology, Sociology, Comparative Religious Studies, History of Religion, Islamic Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, South Asian Studies and Southeast European Studies.

Author : Mary S. Lovell
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 948 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2000-07-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780393344554

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A Rage to Live: A Biography of Richard and Isabel Burton by Mary S. Lovell Pdf

An "extraordinary biography" (New York Times Book Review) of a brilliant pair of adventurers. Their marriage was both improbable and inevitable. Isabel Arundell was a schoolgirl, the scion of England's most distinguished Catholic family. When she first saw him while walking at a seaside resort, Richard Burton had already made his mark as a linguist (he was fluent in twenty-nine languages), scholar, soldier, and explorer--at once a symbol of Victorian England's vision of empire and an avowed rebel against its mores. When she turned and saw him staring after her, she decided that she would marry him. By their next meeting, Burton had become the first infidel to infiltrate Mecca as one of the faithful, and, in an expedition to discover the source of the Nile, would soon be the first white man to see Lake Tanganyika. After being married, the Burtons traveled and experienced the world, from diplomatic postings in Brazil and Africa to hair-raising adventures in the Syrian desert. In later life Richard courted further controversy as a self-proclaimed erotologist and the translator of The Kama Sutra. Based on previously unavailable archives, Mary Lovell has written a compelling joint biography that sets Isabel in her proper place as Burton's equal in daring and endurance, a fascinating figure in her own right.

Author : Rod Preece
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780774842204

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Animals and Nature by Rod Preece Pdf

Western conceptions of objectivity and individuality have resulted in a readier appreciation of the worth of the animals and nature than has been recognized. This provocative book takes issue with the popular view that the Western cultural tradition, in contrast to Eastern and Aboriginal traditions, has encouraged attitudes of domination and exploitation towards nature, particularly animals. Preece argues that the Western tradition has much to commend it, and that descriptions of Aboriginal and Oriental orientations have often been misleadingly rosy, simplified and codified according to current fashionable concepts. Animals and Nature is the result of six years' intensive study into comparative religion, literature, philosophy, anthropology, mythology and animal welfare science.

Author : Kapila D. Silva,Ken Taylor,David S. Jones
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2022-07-29
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781000604573

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The Routledge Handbook of Cultural Landscape Heritage in The Asia-Pacific by Kapila D. Silva,Ken Taylor,David S. Jones Pdf

The Routledge Handbook of Cultural Landscape Heritage in the Asia-Pacific revisits the use, growth, and potential of the cultural landscape methodology in the conservation and management of culture-nature heritage in the Asia-Pacific region. Taking both a retrospective and prospective view of the management of cultural heritage in the region, this volume argues that the plurality and complexity of heritage in the region cannot be comprehensively understood and effectively managed without a broader conceptual framework like the cultural landscape approach. The book also demonstrates that such an approach facilitates the development of a flexible strategy for heritage conservation. Acknowledging the effects of rapid socio-economic development, globalization, and climate change, contributors examine the pressure these issues place on the sustenance of cultural heritage. Including chapters from more than 20 countries across the Asia-Pacific region, the volume reviews the effectiveness of theoretical and practical potentials afforded by the cultural landscape approach and examines how they have been utilized in the Asia-Pacific context for the last three decades. The Routledge Handbook of Cultural Landscape Heritage in the Asia-Pacific provides a comprehensive analysis of the processes of cultural landscape heritage conservation and management. As a result, it will be of interest to academics, students, and professionals who are based in the fields of cultural heritage management, architecture, urban planning, landscape architecture, and landscape management.

Author : Dennys Frenez,Gregg M. Jamison,Randall W. Law,Massimo Vidale,Richard H. Meadow
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 680 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781784919184

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Walking with the Unicorn: Social Organization and Material Culture in Ancient South Asia by Dennys Frenez,Gregg M. Jamison,Randall W. Law,Massimo Vidale,Richard H. Meadow Pdf

This volume, a compilation of original papers written to celebrate the outstanding contributions of Jonathan Mark Kenoyer to the archaeology of South Asia over the past forty years, highlights recent developments in the archaeological research of ancient South Asia, with specific reference to the Indus Civilization.

Author : Peter J Kitson,William Baker,Indira Ghose,Susan Schoenbauer Thurin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000558951

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Nineteenth-Century Travels, Explorations and Empires, Part I Vol 3 by Peter J Kitson,William Baker,Indira Ghose,Susan Schoenbauer Thurin Pdf

A collection of writings on travels undertaken in the Victorian era. The texts collected in these volumes show how 19th century travel literature served the interests of empire by promoting British political and economic values that translated into manufacturing goods.

Author : Claude Markovits
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2000-06-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139431279

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The Global World of Indian Merchants, 1750–1947 by Claude Markovits Pdf

Claude Markovits tells the story of two groups of Hindu merchants from the towns of Shikarpur and Hyderabad in the province of Sind. Basing his account on previously neglected archival sources, the author charts the development of these communities, from the pre-colonial period through colonial conquest and up to independence, describing how they came to control trading networks throughout the world. While the book focuses on the trade of goods, money and information from Sind to the widely dispersed locations of Kobe, Panama, Bukhara and Cairo, it also throws light on the nature of trading diasporas from South Asia in their interaction with the global economy. This is a sophisticated and accessible book, written by one of the most distinguished economic historians in the field. It will appeal to scholars of South Asia, as well as to colonial historians and to students of religion.