{"product_id":"an-arabs-journey-to-colonial-caesar-e-farah-9780815632665","title":"An Arab's Journey to Colonial Spanish America: The Travels of Elias Al-M皛ili in the Seventeenth Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1905, the Jesuit scholar Ant甁 Rabb穰 discovered the writings of Elias al-M皛ili in a Jacobite diocese in Aleppo, Syria. Al-M皛ili, a seventeenth-century Arab and a priest of the Chaldean Church, traveled widely across colonial Spanish America, becoming the first person to visit the Americas from Baghdad. Rabb穰 transcribed into Arabic and published those portions relating to al-M皛ili's travels. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSurrounded by a world seemingly filled with exotic miracles, al-M皛ili shares his perceptions of native peoples and their customs, beliefs, and treatment by Spanish conquistadors. Because of the uniqueness and significance of his journey, al-M皛ili was supported by the pope and authorized by the queen regent of Spain. He provides thoughtful descriptions of high-level officials and clerics in the New World and rare insight on a voyage that would turn into a twelve-year adventure. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAcclaimed Middle Eastern historian Farah is the first to make these writings available in English translation, providing an invaluable document for scholars of Middle Eastern history and of the church in Latin America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Caesar E. Farah\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0815632665\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815632665\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Syracuse University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.54h x 5.59w x 0.38d","brand":"Caesar E. Farah","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926473507071,"sku":"9780815632665","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_4a9fc586-0147-47ad-90cc-ee5db02fe3cd.jpg?v=1681083269","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/an-arabs-journey-to-colonial-caesar-e-farah-9780815632665","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}