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The Story of my Struggles: The Memoirs of Arminius Vambéry; Volume 1
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258 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1904
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Ármin Vámbéry
243 books13 followersVámbéry was born in the city of Szentgyörgy, in the Kingdom of Hungary(now Svätý Jur in Slovakia), into a poor Jewish family.
Despite being raised Jewish, he later on became an atheist.[1] Vámbéry was 1 year old when his father died and the family moved to Dunaszerdahely, Kingdom of Hungary...
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Despite being raised Jewish, he later on became an atheist.[1] Vámbéry was 1 year old when his father died and the family moved to Dunaszerdahely, Kingdom of Hungary...
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June 7, 2019
Arminius Vambery was especially attracted by the literature and culture of the Ottoman Empire including Turkey. By the age of twenty, Vambery had learned enough Ottoman Turkish to enable him to go, through the assistance of Baron Joseph Eotvos, to Istanbul and establish himself as a private tutor of European languages. He became a tutor in the house of Huseyin Daim Pasha, and, under the influence of his friend and instructor, Ahmet Efendi, became a full Osmanli, serving as secretary to Fuad Pasha. About this time he was elected a corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in recognition of his translations of Ottoman historians.
After spending about a year in Constantinople, he published a German-Turkish dictionary in 1858. Later, he also published various other linguistic works. He also learned some twenty other Turkish languages and dialects. Returning to Budapest in 1861, he received a stipend of a thousand florins from the academy, and in the autumn of the same year, disguised as a Sunni dervish, and under the name of Reshid Efendi, he set out from Constantinople. His route lay from Trebizond on the Black Sea to Tehran in Persia, where he joined a band of pilgrims returning from Mecca, spending several months with them traveling across Central Iran (Tabriz, Zanjan, and Ghazvin). He then went to Shiraz, through Isfahan, and in June, 1863, he reached Kharazm (Central Asia). Throughout this time, he succeeded in maintaining his disguise as Reshid Efendi, so that upon his arrival at the Khanate of Khiva he managed to keep up appearances during interviews with Khan Sayyid Muhammad. Together with his band of travelers, he then crossed Bokhara and arrived at Samarkand. Initially, he aroused the suspicions of the local ruler, who kept him in an audience for a full half-hour. Vambery managed to maintain his pretences, and left the audience laden with gifts. Upon leaving Samarkand, Vambery began making his way back to Constantinople, traveling by way of Herat. There he took leave of the band of dervishes and joined a caravan to Tehran, and from there, via Trebizond and Erzurum, to Constantinople, arriving there in March 1864
After spending about a year in Constantinople, he published a German-Turkish dictionary in 1858. Later, he also published various other linguistic works. He also learned some twenty other Turkish languages and dialects. Returning to Budapest in 1861, he received a stipend of a thousand florins from the academy, and in the autumn of the same year, disguised as a Sunni dervish, and under the name of Reshid Efendi, he set out from Constantinople. His route lay from Trebizond on the Black Sea to Tehran in Persia, where he joined a band of pilgrims returning from Mecca, spending several months with them traveling across Central Iran (Tabriz, Zanjan, and Ghazvin). He then went to Shiraz, through Isfahan, and in June, 1863, he reached Kharazm (Central Asia). Throughout this time, he succeeded in maintaining his disguise as Reshid Efendi, so that upon his arrival at the Khanate of Khiva he managed to keep up appearances during interviews with Khan Sayyid Muhammad. Together with his band of travelers, he then crossed Bokhara and arrived at Samarkand. Initially, he aroused the suspicions of the local ruler, who kept him in an audience for a full half-hour. Vambery managed to maintain his pretences, and left the audience laden with gifts. Upon leaving Samarkand, Vambery began making his way back to Constantinople, traveling by way of Herat. There he took leave of the band of dervishes and joined a caravan to Tehran, and from there, via Trebizond and Erzurum, to Constantinople, arriving there in March 1864
June 8, 2019
Arminius Vambery was especially attracted by the literature and culture of the Ottoman Empire including Turkey. By the age of twenty, Vambery had learned enough Ottoman Turkish to enable him to go, through the assistance of Baron Joseph Eotvos, to Istanbul and establish himself as a private tutor of European languages. He became a tutor in the house of Huseyin Daim Pasha, and, under the influence of his friend and instructor, Ahmet Efendi, became a full Osmanli, serving as secretary to Fuad Pasha. About this time he was elected a corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in recognition of his translations of Ottoman historians.
After spending about a year in Constantinople, he published a German-Turkish dictionary in 1858. Later, he also published various other linguistic works. He also learned some twenty other Turkish languages and dialects. Returning to Budapest in 1861, he received a stipend of a thousand florins from the academy, and in the autumn of the same year, disguised as a Sunni dervish, and under the name of Reshid Efendi, he set out from Constantinople. His route lay from Trebizond on the Black Sea to Tehran in Persia, where he joined a band of pilgrims returning from Mecca, spending several months with them traveling across Central Iran (Tabriz, Zanjan, and Ghazvin). He then went to Shiraz, through Isfahan, and in June, 1863, he reached Kharazm (Central Asia). Throughout this time, he succeeded in maintaining his disguise as Reshid Efendi, so that upon his arrival at the Khanate of Khiva he managed to keep up appearances during interviews with Khan Sayyid Muhammad. Together with his band of travelers, he then crossed Bokhara and arrived at Samarkand. Initially, he aroused the suspicions of the local ruler, who kept him in an audience for a full half-hour. Vambery managed to maintain his pretences, and left the audience laden with gifts. Upon leaving Samarkand, Vambery began making his way back to Constantinople, traveling by way of Herat. There he took leave of the band of dervishes and joined a caravan to Tehran, and from there, via Trebizond and Erzurum, to Constantinople, arriving there in March 1864
After spending about a year in Constantinople, he published a German-Turkish dictionary in 1858. Later, he also published various other linguistic works. He also learned some twenty other Turkish languages and dialects. Returning to Budapest in 1861, he received a stipend of a thousand florins from the academy, and in the autumn of the same year, disguised as a Sunni dervish, and under the name of Reshid Efendi, he set out from Constantinople. His route lay from Trebizond on the Black Sea to Tehran in Persia, where he joined a band of pilgrims returning from Mecca, spending several months with them traveling across Central Iran (Tabriz, Zanjan, and Ghazvin). He then went to Shiraz, through Isfahan, and in June, 1863, he reached Kharazm (Central Asia). Throughout this time, he succeeded in maintaining his disguise as Reshid Efendi, so that upon his arrival at the Khanate of Khiva he managed to keep up appearances during interviews with Khan Sayyid Muhammad. Together with his band of travelers, he then crossed Bokhara and arrived at Samarkand. Initially, he aroused the suspicions of the local ruler, who kept him in an audience for a full half-hour. Vambery managed to maintain his pretences, and left the audience laden with gifts. Upon leaving Samarkand, Vambery began making his way back to Constantinople, traveling by way of Herat. There he took leave of the band of dervishes and joined a caravan to Tehran, and from there, via Trebizond and Erzurum, to Constantinople, arriving there in March 1864
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