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The Penetration Of Arabia: A Record Of The Development Of Western Knowledge Concerning The Arabian Peninsula

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The archaeologist D. G. Hogarth (1862 1927) was, when he died, keeper of the Ashmolean Museum and president of the Royal Geographical Society. During the First World War he was acting director of the Arab Bureau in Cairo, where he was instrumental in launching the Arab Revolt, in which T. E. Lawrence, a protege of his, played so prominent a part. This book, published in 1904 as the Hejaz railway was being built, is a summary of earlier explorations in the Arabian peninsula, by both Muslim and European travellers. Hogarth's first visit to Arabia was not made until 1916, when he travelled to Jeddah with 10,000 in gold to finance the revolt; this book is instead based on his extensive reading of travel literature, included in a bibliography for each chapter. It is thus interesting for its historiographical analysis as well as a background to Hogarth's subsequent political involvement with the region.

480 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1981

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D.G. Hogarth was a British archaeologist and scholar. From 1909 until his death in 1927, he was the keeper of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.

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كتابٌ فاضح، أول ما قلتُه بعدما أقفلتُ الصفحة الأخيرة منه، هو سجلٌ مفصل عما لم يكن يعرفه الغربيون عن الجزيرة العربية، فهو لا يهتم إطـلاقًا بتلك المناطق المطروقة أو الساحلية، إنما يحكي عن الأجزاء التي لم تُضربْ بعد من الغربيين في الجزيرة ...
سجل عمره أربعة قرون تقريبًا، ويُقال أنه مجلدٌ ثانٍ لكتابٍ واحد، لكني لم أقرأ غيره، هو أحد إصدارات المركز القومي للترجمة، وسعره سبعة جنيهات فقط .
كتابٌ قيّم، زود بخرائط واضحة للمدن الرئيسة في جزيرة العرب، لا شك أن لهذا الكتاب دورًا في كل ما حدث قديمًا في هذه الأرض، هو خريطة مفصلة للورانس يستعملها كيف يشاء، في زمن عزت فيه الأقمار الصناعية.
كتابٌ جيّد لمن أراد أن يعرف كيف يفكر أعداؤنا.
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