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'The Penetration of Arabia a record of the development of Western knowledge concerning the Arabian Peninsula with illustrations from drawings, photographs, and maps by J. G. Bartholomew.' [‎118] (187/496)

The record is made up of 1 volume (359 pages). It was created in 1904. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.

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118
ARABIA
that immense region; and that although Mehemet
Ali found he had not done with Nejd. The broken
power of Deraiye revived in Riad, and, to secure
the safety of the Holy Cities, Egyptian columns had
to be sent inland again in 1824 and 1836, from
which latter date the occupation of Nejd was resumed
for half a dozen years. But no western officer who
accompanied these expeditions (if any there was) has
left a record of himself; nor is another European 1
known to have seen anything that Sadlier saw between
the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Medina till forty-four years
had passed away.
1 In using this term I exclude both renegades in the Egyptian service
and Oriental Christians, e.g., Greeks, of whom Burckhardt tells us there
were several with the Egyptian columns. These never inform us of their
experiences.

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The Penetration of Arabia a record of the development of Western knowledge concerning the Arabian Peninsula with illustrations from drawings, photographs, and maps by J. G. Bartholomew .

Publication Details: London, Lawrence and Bullen, Ltd. 16 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, W.C.

Notes: In : Keltie (Sir, J.S.) The Story of Exploration, etc. 1903, etc. 8º.

Physical Description: xv, 359 p.

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Dimensions: 225mm x 150mm

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