Arabia: The Cradle of Islam / Studies in the Geography, People and Politics of the Peninsula, with an Account of Islam and Mission-Work.

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Samuel Marinus Zwemer

DEDICATED

Introductory Note

Preface

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

I THE NEGLECTED PENINSULA

II THE GEOGRAPHICAL DIVISIONS OF ARABIA

III THE HOLY LAND OF ARABIA MECCA

IV THE HOLY LAND OF ARABIA MEDINA

V ADEN AND AN INLAND JOURNEY

VI YEMEN: THE SWITZERLAND OF ARABIA

VII THE UNEXPLORED REGIONS OF HADRAMAUT

VIII MUSCAT AND THE COASTLANDS OF OMAN

IX THE LAND OF THE CAMEL

X THE PEARL ISLANDS OF THE GULF

XI THE EASTERN THRESHOLD OF ARABIA

XII THE RIVER-COUNTRY AND THE DATE-PALM

XIII THE CITIES AND VILLAGES OF TURKISH-ARABIA

XIV A JOURNEY DOWN THE EUPHRATES

XV THE INTERIOR KNOWN AND UNKNOWN

XVI "THE TIME OF IGNORANCE"

XVII ISLAM IN ITS CRADLE THE MOSLEM'S GOD [55]

XVIII THE PROPHET AND HIS BOOK

XIX THE WAHABI RULERS AND REFORMERS

XX THE RULERS OF OMAN

XXI THE STORY OF THE TURKS IN ARABIA

XXII BRITISH INFLUENCE IN ARABIA

XXIII PRESENT POLITICS IN ARABIA

XXIV THE ARABIC LANGUAGE

XXV THE LITERATURE OF THE ARABS

XXVI THE ARAB

XXVII ARABIAN ARTS AND SCIENCES

XXVIII THE STAR-WORSHIPPERS OF MESOPOTAMIA [103]

XXIX EARLY CHRISTIANITY IN ARABIA

XXX THE DAWN OF MODERN ARABIAN MISSIONS

XXXI ION KEITH FALCONER AND THE ADEN MISSION

XXXII BISHOP FRENCH THE VETERAN MISSIONARY TO MUSCAT

XXXIII THE AMERICAN ARABIAN MISSION

XXXIV IN MEMORIAM PETER J. ZWEMER AND GEO. E. STONE

XXXV PROBLEMS OF THE ARABIAN FIELD

XXXVI OUTLOOK FOR MISSIONS TO MOSLEMS IN ARABIA

Appendix I A CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE

Appendix II TABLE OF THE ARAB TRIBES OF NORTHERN ARABIA

Appendix III KAAT AND COFFEE CULTURE IN ARABIA

Appendix IV AN ARABIAN BIBLIOGRAPHY

Index

FOOTNOTES:

Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected. Variations in hyphenation and accents have been standardised but all other spelling and punctuation remains unchanged.

The structure of some tables has been modified to improve legibility within page width.

Studies in the Geography, People and
Politics of the Peninsula with an
account of Islam and Mission-work.

REV. S. M. ZWEMER, F.R.G.S.

INTRODUCTION BY
REV. JAMES S. DENNIS, D.D.

Publisher’s device

EDINBURGH AND LONDON
Oliphant Anderson and Ferrier
1900

Printed by
THE CAXTON PRESS
171-173 Macdougal St.
New York, U.S.A.


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