Paul,
As our students would say: BRILLIANT.
Many thanks,
Peter
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From: Middle Eastern and Islamic Library Collections and Bibliography
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Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 8:24 AM
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Subject: Re: News of a translation
Peter,
This is the info from Blackwell's on-line list of books in print:
An Imam in Paris: Al-Tahtawi's Visit to France (1826-31)
al-Tahtawi
#25.00*
*Price may vary considerably
ISBN 0863563465
Publisher I. B. Tauris & Company, Ltd
Imprint SAQI BOOKS
Format Hardback
Publication Date 1 Sep 2002
Availability Not Yet Printed
An annotated translation of al-Tahtawi's "Takhlis al-Ibriz fi Talkhis
Bariz",an Arabic account of a visit to Paris by a Muslim from the
Near East. Its author, a young Azhari graduate, was a member of the
first Egyptian educational mission to Paris where he spent the years
between 1826 and 1831.
Paul.
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University of Exeter
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On Thu, 17 Oct 2002 08:11:27 +0100 Peter Colvin <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> A lecturer in SOAS has heard rumours of an English translation of
> al-Tahtawi's "Takhlis al-ibriz ila talkhis Bariz" (she suggested Paris
> journey as the title, but she may have imagined it) which she needs
urgently
> for a class.
>
> Does anyone have any information on such a translation coming out?
>
> Peter Colvin
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