The Southern Gates of Arabia

A Journey in the Hadhramaut

Freya Stark (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

288 Seiten

2011
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd. (Verlag)
978-1-84885-315-7 (ISBN)

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Edged by the fearsome Empty Quarter to the North, the Arabian Sea to the South and resting on layers of history that stretch back to the dawn of human civilisation, the Hadhramaut is one of the wildest and most remote parts of Arabia, little-changed from when Freya Stark travelled there over 70 years ago.

Edged by the fearsome Empty Quarter to the North, the Arabian Sea to the South and resting on layers of history that stretch back to the dawn of human civilisation, the Hadhramaut - heart of 'Arabia Felix', in what is now Yemen - is one of the wildest and most remote parts of Arabia, little-changed from when Freya Stark travelled there over 70 years ago. Tracing the ancient incense route, Stark set out to be the first westerner to discover the fabled lost city of Shabwa, which had captivated explorers and travellers for centuries. Though she journeyed through the canyons and mountains of the Hadhramaut extensively and by any means possible, Stark's goal was never reached, but the ending to her story was nevertheless - and in characteristic fashion - dramatic. Having caught measles whilst staying in a sultan's harem and with the region overrun by warring religious factions and bandits, she had to be evacuated by the Royal Air Force. Though Shabwa remained elusive, Freya Stark's remarkable journey ensured that her name would forever be associated with Arabia and her travels hailed as intrepid and adventurous as any undertaken by other great explorers of Arabia such as T.E.
Lawrence, Richard Burton and Charles Doughty.

Freya Stark (1893-1993), 'the poet of travel', was the doyenne of middle East travel writers. Her travels earned her the title of dame and huge public acclaim. Her many, now classic, books include Traveller's Prelude, Ionia, The Southern Gates of Arabia, Alexander's Path, Dust in the Lion's Paw, East is West and Valleys of the Assassins.

Author’s Note
Introduction: The Incense Road
1. The Arabian Coast
2. Landing
3. The Beduin Campat the Gate of Makalla
4. Life in the City
5. I Leav efort he Interior
6. The Mansab of Thile
7. The Way to the Jol
8. The Beduin of Kor Saiban
9. The Jol
10. Nights on the Jol
11. Life in Do’an
12. Khuraiba and Robat
13. Sickness in the Fortress of Masna’a
14. The Ride to Hajarain
15. Tlie Mansab of Meshed
16. Into the Wadi Hadhramaut
17. Shibam
18. Sewun
19. Tarim
20. Departure from Friends
21. Into Wadi ’Amd
22. Huraidha in ’Amd
23. ’Andal
24. Breakdown in Shibam
25. Visitors
26. Shabwa Renounced
27. Flight from the Valley
Appendix. Notes on the Southern Incense Route of Arabia
List of Books Referred to in Appendix
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	8.2.2011
Zusatzinfo	1 map
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Gewicht	277 g
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Naher Osten
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Asien
ISBN-10	1-84885-315-7 / 1848853157
ISBN-13	978-1-84885-315-7 / 9781848853157
Zustand	Neuware