{"product_id":"an-arabs-journey-to-colonial-spanish-america-the-travels-of-elias-al-musili-in-the-seventeenth-century-9780815607908","title":"An Arab's Journey to Colonial Spanish America: The Travels of Elias Al-Musili in the Seventeenth Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1905, the Jesuit scholar Ant n Rabb t discovered the writings of Elias al-M sili in a Jacobite diocese in Aleppo, Syria. Al-M sili, a seventeenth-century Arab and a priest of the Chaldean Church, traveled widely across colonial Spanish America, becoming the first person to visit the Americas from Baghdad. Rabb t transcribed into Arabic and published those portions relating to al-M sili's travels. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSurrounded by a world seemingly filled with exotic miracles, al-M sili shares his perceptions of native peoples and their customs, beliefs, and treatment by Spanish conquistadors. Because of the uniqueness and significance of his journey, al-M sili was supported by the pope and authorized by the queen regent of Spain. He provides thoughtful descriptions of high-level officials and clerics in the New World and rare insight on a voyage that would turn into a twelve-year adventure. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAcclaimed Middle Eastern historian Farah is the first to make these writings available in English translation, providing an invaluable document for scholars of Middle Eastern history and of the church in Latin America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Caesar E. Farah\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Syracuse University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 117\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 5.80w x 0.57d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815607908\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2004 pg. 54\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCaesar E. Farah\u003c\/b\u003e was professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic history at the University of Minnesota. He authored numerous books including \u003ci\u003eIslam, The Sultan's Yemen: Nineteenth-Century Challenge to Ottoman Rule, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eArabs and Ottomans: A Checkered Relationship.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Syracuse University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":41142769647731,"sku":"9.78082E+12","price":24.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_3d23cee0-f6a6-4598-a6bd-a5dd20666d09.jpg?v=1701878604","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/an-arabs-journey-to-colonial-spanish-america-the-travels-of-elias-al-musili-in-the-seventeenth-century-9780815607908","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}