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Author Auchterlonie, Paul

Title Encountering Islam : Joseph Pitts : an English slave in 17th-century Algiers and Mecca : a critical edition, with biographical introduction and notes, of Joseph Pitts of Exeter's A faithful account of the religion and manners of the Mahometans, 1731 / Paul Auchterlonie
Published London : Arabian Pub., 2012

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 354 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Part I : Joseph Pitts : sailor, slave, traveller, pilgrim / by Paul Auchterlonie. Introduction -- 1. Algiers: a corsoar state -- 2. Joseph Pitts : the man and his background -- 3. A faithful account of the religion and manners, 1731 -- Conclusion -- Part II : A faithful account of the religion and manners of the Mahometans, by Joseph Pitts of Exeter : the full 1731 text
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-325) and indexes
Notes Print version record
Subject Pitts, Joseph, 1662 or 1663-approximately 1735 -- Travel -- Islamic countries
Pitts, Joseph, 1662 or 1663-approximately 1735. True and faithful account of the religion and manners of the Mohammetans
SUBJECT Pitts, Joseph, 1662 or 1663-approximately 1735 fast
Subject British -- Islamic countries -- History -- 18th century
Soldiers -- Great Britain -- Biography
Enslaved persons -- Islamic countries -- History -- 18th century -- Biography
Islam -- Early works to 1800
Captivity narratives.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
British
Captivity narratives
International relations
Islam
Enslaved persons
Soldiers
Travel
SUBJECT Islamic countries -- History -- 18th century
Africa, North -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800
Great Britain -- Relations -- Islamic countries
Islamic countries -- Relations -- Great Britain
Subject North Africa
Great Britain
Islamic countries
Genre/Form collective biographies.
Biographies
Early works
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
Author Pitts, Joseph, 1662 or 1663-approximately 1735. True and faithful account of the religion and manners of the Mohammetans
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