Mabel Bent travelled through Southern Arabia between 1893 and 1897 together with her husband. Although it is usually Theodore who is thought of as the author, he died shortly after their return to England and it was Mabel who really wrote up the account of their journeys. She describes Muscat, the Hadramout, Sokotra and southern Sudan amongst other places. The work provided a valuable addition to western knowledge of Arabia at that time.
Western Women in the Islamic World
Inspired by the current exhibition at the Royal Geographical Society of British Women Explorers in Arabia, it seemed apposite to look at Western women travellers in the Islamic world.
Lady Evelyn Cobbold, one of the explorers featured in the RGS exhibition, was a convert to Islam and was the first British woman to make the Hajj. In 1911 she travelled with her friend Frances Alexander on a journey from Cairo through the Libyan Desert and back. They kept a diary of their travel together which was published as Wayfarers in the Libyan Desert, 1912. It was in North Africa that her interest in Islam developed, and it was shortly after this journey that she formally converted, taking the name Zainab.
Gertrude Bell was one of the most significant travellers in the Middle East. Fluent in Arabic and Farsi she was able to speak directly with the people she met. Bell is now probably best remembered as a major player in the political events unfolding with the collapse of Ottoman rule and the rise of Arab nationalism, however in her early years in the East she travelled widely with an observant eye. Her travels in Eastern Turkey along the Euphrates provided the material for one of her most perceptive books, Amurath to Amurath. Originally published in 1911 in what is now a very scarce edition, we offer the second edition of 1924.
Susan Hillyard was one of the first Western women to live in Abu Dhabi where her husband worked in the oil industry. The Hillyards became close personal friends of Sheik Zayid Al Nahayan who encouraged Susan to write this memoir of her time in Abu Dhabi. A Personal Memoir of Abu Dhabi 1954-1958, is really quite scarce, probably due to it being published in Bakewell, Derbyshire.
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BURTON, Isabel.Original price £2,500.00 - Original price £2,500.00Original price £0.00£2,500.00£2,500.00 - £2,500.00Current price £2,500.00Isabel Burton's second book detailing a journey made with her husband to India, via Arabia and Egypt between 1875 and 1876. Although the work is p...
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Egypt, the Sinaitic Desert and the Holy Land.
AGATE, Margaret M.Original price £1,500.00 - Original price £1,500.00Original price £0.00£1,500.00£1,500.00 - £1,500.00Current price £1,500.00Scots in the Sinai. Margaret Agate kept a diary of her journey in Egypt between Autumn 1901 and Spring 1902. She made an excursion on the Nile and ...
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Southern Arabia.
BENT, Mabel & James Theodore.Original price £1,500.00 - Original price £1,500.00Original price £0.00£1,500.00£1,500.00 - £1,500.00Current price £1,500.00The Bents travelled in Southern Arabia during seven journeys in 1893-1897. The book is divided into sections on Southern Arabia, Maskat, the Hadhr...
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The Arab of Mesopotamia.
[BELL, Gertrude].Original price £1,350.00 - Original price £1,350.00Original price £0.00£1,350.00£1,350.00 - £1,350.00Current price £1,350.00A tribal geography. Described in Bell's own words as a 'tribal geography', and published anonymously, Bell was annoyed by the general assumption th...
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A Fortnight's Tour amongst the Arabs on Mount Lebanon.
G. (C.)Original price £1,250.00 - Original price £1,250.00Original price £0.00£1,250.00£1,250.00 - £1,250.00Current price £1,250.00Woman traveller in nineteenth century Syria. 'C. G., a British woman, made a trip through Syria, mostly on horseback, travelling from Bhamdoon. She...
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The Autobiography: Traveller's Prelude; Beyond Euphrates; The Coast of Incense; Dust in the Lion's Paw.
STARK, FreyaOriginal price £1,000.00 - Original price £1,000.00Original price £0.00£1,000.00£1,000.00 - £1,000.00Current price £1,000.00Complete set of Stark's autobiography. Freya Stark is one of the most well known female travellers associated with the Middle East. She was one of ...
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Journal of a residence in India.
GRAHAM, Maria.Original price £950.00 - Original price £950.00Original price £0.00£950.00£950.00 - £950.00Current price £950.00Maria Graham's India was her first book. Graham was an artist who visited India and married the ship's captain shortly afterwards. Together they m...
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