George Strachan of the Mearns : : Sixteenth Century Orientalist / / Tom McInally.
An up-to-date study of one of early modern Scotland’s most remarkable travellersExamines the life of George Strachan (1572 – 1635), Scottish Humanist scholar, Orientalist and travellerDraws on a wealth of newly discovered archival material to offer new insights into Strachan’s life and workExplores...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©2020 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Scottish Religious Cultures : SRC
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (216 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Heritage
- 2 Exile
- 3 The Humanist Scholar
- 4 To Constantinople
- 5 Aleppo
- 6 Mohammed Çelebi
- 7 The Ḥusaynābādī Scholiasts
- 8 Strachan’s Library
- 9 The English East India Company
- 10 ‘Stracan our Infernall Phesition’
- 11 Among Friends
- 12 The Mission at Srinagar
- Appendix
- Archives
- Bibliography
- Index