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" From Khartoum to Jerusalem : "
Rachel Mairs.
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BL
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850589
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Mairs, Rachel
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From Khartoum to Jerusalem : : the Dragoman Solomon Negima and his clients (1885-1933) /\ Rachel Mairs.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York, NY :: Bloomsbury Academic,, 2016.
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1 online resource
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| ISBN
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1474255000
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: 1474255019
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: 1474255027
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: 1474255035
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: 9781474255004
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: 9781474255011
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: 9781474255028
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: 9781474255035
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9781474255004
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Includes bibliographical references.
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| Contents
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The Sudan 1885 -- Tourists and pilgrims -- Alone through Syria -- Rev. Charles T. Walker -- Floyd House -- The letters.
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| Abstract
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In 2014, a collection of papers was found on eBay: a scrapbook, inside which was written 'Testimonial Book of Dragoman Solomon N. Negima'. The letters pasted into the testimonial book bear recommendations of Negima's services as dragoman - a combination of tourist guide and interpreter - in the Holy Land, from travellers of different nationalities, social classes, religions, genders and races. Using these reference letters, and the first-hand published and unpublished accounts of the travellers themselves, this book tells the stories of several such tourists, including the intrepid Victorian female traveller, Ellen E. Miller, and an African-American minister, Rev. Charles T. Walker, who had been born into slavery. Between the lines of others' letters, Solomon Negima's remarkable life story also emerges: from a German mission school in Jerusalem, to the British army in the Sudan, to a successful career as a dragoman in Palestine and Syria, and finally to comfortable retirement with his son, Aziz, and daughter, Olinda, at a Mormon mission in Jerusalem. The discovery of this unique scrapbook allows us an insight into the lives of individuals whose histories would otherwise be lost to us, and a new perspective on the history of travel in the Middle East.
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Negima, Solomon N.
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Dragomen-- Middle East, Biography.
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Travelers-- Middle East-- 19th century.
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Travelers-- Middle East-- 20th century.
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BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- Historical.
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Dragomen.
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TRAVEL-- Asia-- General.
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Travel.
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Travelers.
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Middle East, Description and travel.
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Middle East.
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| Dewey Classification
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915.604/150922
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DS125.3.N44
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