Collection of Approximately 1,350 Catalogues
Author : Christie, Manson & Woods
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Page : 1040 pages
File Size : 22,57 MB
Release : 1888
Category : Art
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The Athenaeum
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Page : 824 pages
File Size : 38,42 MB
Release : 1905
Category : Arts
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The Athenaeum
Author : James Silk Buckingham
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Page : 820 pages
File Size : 23,54 MB
Release : 1905
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Athenaeum and Literary Chronicle
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Page : 820 pages
File Size : 36,87 MB
Release : 1905
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European Drawings
Author : George R. Goldner
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 14,36 MB
Release : 1988
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Marmaduke Pickthall: Islam and the Modern World
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Publisher : BRILL
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 31,58 MB
Release : 2017-04-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9004327592
Book Description
This new volume of essays marks eighty years since the death of Marmaduke Pickthall. His various roles as translator of the Qurʾan, traveller to the Near East, political journalist writing on behalf of Muslim Turkey, and creator of the Muslim novel are discussed. In later life Pickthall became a prominent member of the British Muslim community in London and Woking, co-worker with Muslims in the Indian subcontinent, supporter of the Khilafat movement, and editor of the journal Islamic Culture under the patronage of the Nizam of Hyderabad. Marmaduke Pickthall: Islam and the Modern World makes an important contribution to the field of Muslims in Europe in the first half of the twentieth century. Contributors are: Humayun Ansari, Adnan Ashraf, James Canton, Peter Clark, Ron Geaves, A.R. Kidwai, Faruk Kokoglu, Andrew C. Long, Geoffrey P. Nash, M. A. Sherif and Mohammad Siddique Seddon.
History of the Family of Stansfeld of Stansfield in the Parish of Halifax and Its Numerous Branches
Author : John Stansfeld
Publisher : Franklin Classics
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 33,50 MB
Release : 2018-10-13
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ISBN : 9780342755905
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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. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The Early Hours
Author : Marmaduke William Pickthall
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Page : 278 pages
File Size : 31,48 MB
Release : 1921
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Marmaduke Pickthall
Author : Peter Clark
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Page : 208 pages
File Size : 24,83 MB
Release : 2016-05-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780992633592
Book Description
Marmaduke William Pickthall, born in 1875 London to Mary O'Brien and the Reverend Charles Grayson Pickthall, is remembered-if he is remembered at all-as a translator of the Qur'an. The fact that a practicing English Christian would convert to Islam and become a renowned translator of the holiest of Muslim texts during years of volatile relations between Britain and the Ottoman Empire is itself exceptional. Yet Pickthall was much more than an historical oddity or gifted translator: he was a novelist, journalist, political and religious leader, and an often confusing mix of allegiances and beliefs. Marmaduke Pickthall: British Muslim is an examination of his ideas and writings. For twenty years of Pickthall's adult life, he was a devout Christian, and for the last twenty years he was a devout Muslim. Peter Clark's book raises issues of Muslim and national identity. Pickthall wrote much about Islam which he saw as an open, tolerant and progressive religion. A reissue of the book is a timely and authoritative contribution to current debates.
Nelson's Lost Jewel
Author : Martyn Downer
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 41,54 MB
Release : 2017-10-20
Category : History
ISBN : 0750986115
Book Description
Admiral Lord Nelson's diamond Chelengk is one of the most famous and iconic jewels in British history. Presented to Nelson by the Sultan Selim III of Turkey after the Battle of the Nile in 1798, the jewel had thirteen diamond rays to represent the French ships captured or destroyed at the action. A central diamond star on the jewel was powered by clockwork to rotate in wear. Nelson wore the Chelengk on his hat like a turban jewel, sparking a fashion craze for similar jewels in England. The jewel became his trademark to be endlessly copied in portraits and busts to this day. After Trafalgar, the Chelengk was inherited by Nelson's family and worn at the Court of Queen Victoria. Sold at auction in 1895 it eventually found its way to the newly opened National Maritime Museum in Greenwich where it was a star exhibit. In 1951 the jewel was stolen in a daring raid by an infamous cat-burglar and lost forever. For the first time, Martyn Downer tells the extraordinary true story of the Chelengk: from its gift to Nelson by the Sultan of Turkey to its tragic post-war theft, charting the jewel's journey through history and forging sparkling new and intimate portraits of Nelson, of his friends and rivals, and of the woman he loved.
