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Oriental Encounters Palestine and Syria, 1894-6 By: Marmaduke William Pickthall (1875-1936) |
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Transcriber's note:
Inconsistent hyphenation in the original document has been
preserved. Inconsistent spellings of Arabic terms have been
preserved.
Obvious typographical errors have been corrected in this
text. For a complete list, please see the end of this
document.
ORIENTAL ENCOUNTERS Palestine And Syria (1894 5 6) by MARMADUKE PICKTHALL London: 48 Pall Mall
W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd.
Glasgow Melbourne Auckland
Copyright 1918
CONTENTS
CHAP. PAGE. INTRODUCTION 1 I. RASHÎD THE FAIR 11 II. A MOUNTAIN GARRISON 20 III. THE RHINOCEROS WHIP 28 IV. THE COURTEOUS JUDGE 36 V. NAWÂDIR 45 VI. NAWÂDIR ( continued ) 54 VII. THE SACK WHICH CLANKED 68 VIII. POLICE WORK 77 IX. MY COUNTRYMAN 87 X. THE PARTING OF THE WAYS 96 XI. THE KNIGHT ERRANT 106 XII. THE FANATIC 117 XIII. RASHÎD'S REVENGE 125 XIV. THE HANGING DOG 134 XV. TIGERS 142 XVI. PRIDE AND A FALL 151 XVII. TRAGEDY 161 XVIII. BASTIRMA 171 XIX. THE ARTIST DRAGOMAN 181 XX. LOVE AND THE PATRIARCH 188 XXI. THE UNPOPULAR LANDOWNER 198 XXII. THE CAÏMMACÂM 209 XXIII. CONCERNING BRIBES 218 XXIV. THE BATTLEFIELD 226 XXV. MURDERERS 237 XXVI. THE TREES ON THE LAND 245 XXVII. BUYING A HOUSE 255 XXVIII. A DISAPPOINTMENT 264 XXIX. CONCERNING CRIME AND PUNISHMENT 273 XXX. THE UNWALLED VINEYARD 282 XXXI. THE ATHEIST 291 XXXII. THE SELLING OF OUR GUN 302 XXXIII. MY BENEFACTOR 311
INTRODUCTION
Early in the year 1894 I was a candidate for one of two vacancies in
the Consular Service for Turkey, Persia, and the Levant, but failed to
gain the necessary place in the competitive examination. I was in
despair. All my hopes for months had been turned towards sunny
countries and old civilisations, away from the drab monotone of London
fog, which seemed a nightmare when the prospect of escape eluded me. I
was eighteen years old, and, having failed in one or two adventures, I
thought myself an all round failure, and was much depressed. I dreamed
of Eastern sunshine, palm trees, camels, desert sand, as of a Paradise
which I had lost by my shortcomings. What was my rapture when my
mother one fine day suggested that it might be good for me to travel
in the East, because my longing for it seemed to indicate a natural
instinct, with which she herself, possessing Eastern memories, was in
full sympathy! I fancy there was some idea at the time that if I learnt the languages
and studied life upon the spot I might eventually find some
backstairs way into the service of the Foreign Office; but that idea,
though cherished by my elders as some excuse for the expenses of my
expedition, had never, from the first, appealed to me; and from the
moment when I got to Egypt, my first destination, it lost whatever
lustre it had had at home... Continue reading book >>
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