Encountering Islam : Joseph Pitts: an English slave in 17th - century Algiers and Mecca ; a critical edition, with biographical introduction and notes, of Joseph Pitts of Exeter's A faithful account of the religion and manners of the Mahometans, 1731
Long before European empires came to dominate the Middle East, Britain was brought face to face with Islam through the activities of the Barbary corsairs. For three centuries after 1500, Muslim ships based in North African ports terrorized European shipping, capturing thousands of vessels and enslav...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Havertown : Arabian Publishing,
2012
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| Schlagworte: | Soldiers Slaves Islam British Captivity narratives Slaves - Islamic countries - History - 18th century Pitts, Joseph |
| Umfang: | Online-Ressource (370 p) |
| Zusammenfassung: | Long before European empires came to dominate the Middle East, Britain was brought face to face with Islam through the activities of the Barbary corsairs. For three centuries after 1500, Muslim ships based in North African ports terrorized European shipping, capturing thousands of vessels and enslaving hundreds of thousands of Christians. Encountering Islam is the fascinating story of one Englishman''s experience of life within a Muslim society, as both Christian slave and Muslim soldier. Born in Exeter around 1662, Joseph Pitts was captured by Algerian pirates on his first voyage in 1678. Sol |
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| Beschreibung: | Description based upon print version of record |
| Beschreibung: | Online-Ressource (370 p) |
| ISBN: | 9780957106086 0957106084 9780955889493 0955889499 |