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Stanley Lane-Poole
Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.
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The Story of the Barbary Corsairs is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1896. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research…
Stanley Lane-Pool
First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
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Edward William Lane (1801-76) is best remembered for his mighty Arabic-English Lexicon and classic translation of One Thousand and One Nights. This 1877 biography by his great-nephew Stanley Lane-Poole (1854-1931)…
The Life of Stratford Canning - Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe, from his Memoirs…. is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1888. Hansebooks is editor of the literature…
This book is volume one of two volumes. Preface. The events of the past year in China constitute a curious and melancholy commentary on half a century of diplomatic effort…
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to…
The Life Of A Major British Diplomat From The Late 18th To Mid 19th Century, From Turkey To The U.S., Meeting Such Personalities As William Pitt, Lord Byron, Lady Stanhope…
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either…
This fascinating history book details the Moorish arrival, conquest and rule over Spain and the Iberian peninsula in Europe. We hear of how the Moors arrived and conquered the Iberian…
By Stanley Lane-Poole
We hear of how the Moors arrived and conquered the Iberian peninsula, remaining for some 800 years. Tariq ibn-Ziyad, arriving in 711 AD, began an upheaval never before seen in…
Popular but professional work of classic accuracy, covering architecture, sculpture, calligraphy, mosaic, wood and ivory carving, metalwork, glassware and pottery, all lavishly illustrated.
The Life of the Right Honourable Stratford Canning - Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe - Vol. 1 is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1888. Hansebooks is editor…
Stanley Lane-Poole was a 19th century European archaeologist who studied the Middle Ages at length and documented his findings in a wide range of works, from a biography of Saladin…
The Thousand and One Nights' is a collection of stories from the Islamic Golden Age compiled over centuries. This particular volume, translated by Stanley Lane-Poole, contains some of the most…
The Invasions 712-1206, Introduction-The Arabs in sind, 712, The IDOL-Breakers-Mahmud of Ghazni 997-1030, The Men of the mountain-Ghazni and Ghor 1030-1206, The Kingdom of Deli 1206-1526, The Slave Kings-The Turks…
Introduction, Historical outline, The cabinet of moghul coins, Minf cities, Eras, begnal years, and persian months, Inscriptions, titles weights, & C, Images and zodiacal coins, Nisars or presentation money, Copper…
The People of Turkey - Twenty years’ residence among Bulgarians, Greeks, Albanians, Turks, and Armenians. By a consul’s daughter and wife. is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition…
Stanley Lane -Poole
Coins and Medals is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1894. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel…
The Life of the Right Honourable Stratford Canning is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1888. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such…
First published in 1901, this work covers a period of nearly nine centuries from the Saracen conquest of 640, to its annexation by the Turks in 1517.
Coins of the Urtuki Turkumans is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1875. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and…
This comprehensive catalogue includes approximately 1300 glass weights from the Arabic-speaking world spanning the 8th to the 19th centuries. The weights are organized chronologically and geographically, and each entry includes…
Catalogue of the Collection of Arabic Coins Preserved in the Khedival Library at Cairo is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1897. Hansebooks is editor of the…
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1888 Edition.
The People of Turkey - Twenty years’ residence among Bulgarians, Greeks, Albanians, Turks, and Armenians. By a consul’s daughter and wife. Vol. 2 is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the…
A survey of Egypt by the distinguished English student of Arabic. Six steel engravings, and over a hundred wood-cuts are used to illustrate Egyptian culture, society and inhabitants shortly after…
The first English biography ever written about Saladin, this thoroughly researched biography by a reputable scholar retains its readability and interest for those interested in this major Islamic leader of…
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1893 Edition.
