Arabia: The Cradle of Islam : : Studies in the Geography, People, and Politics of the Peninsula with an account of Islam and Mission-work / / Samuel M. Zwemer.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• VerfasserIn: Zwemer, Samuel M.,
• MitwirkendeR: Dennis, James S.,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (490 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Introductory Note --; Note to the Fourth Edition --; Preface --; Table of Contents --; List of Illustrations --; MAPS AND DIAGRAMS --; 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 --; 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 --; 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 --; XXXV. PROBLEMS OF THE ARABIAN FIELD --; XXXVI. THE OUTLOOK FOR MISSIONS TO MOSLEMS IN ARABIA --; Appendix I. A CHRONOLOGIGAL 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463228842; 9783111024141; 9783110663037
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463228842
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Samuel M. Zwemer.

This book describes the Arabian peninsula on the eve of the First World War.