Zanzibar: City, Island and Coast (Volume One)

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A classic work of 19th century travel literature in which Burton turns his hand to describing the charms of the century spice island. Burton's trip to Zanzibar was soon after the death of the great Sayyid Said, the first Sultan of Zanzibar, during whose reign many Omani Arabs came to live in the region, bringing great prosperity. Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890) dropped out of Oxford to join the Indian army and travel the world. Later, serving as a consul for the British government, Burton was the first European adventurer to search for the source of the Nile; to enter, disguised, the forbidden cities of Mecca and Medina; and to travel through remote stretches of India, the Near East, and Africa. From his spying exploits to his startling literary accomplishments (the discovery and translation of the Kama Sutra and his seventeen-volume translation of Arabian Nights), and was said to be fluent in over twenty languages. 01.0_pp_i_vi_Frontmatter 02.0_pp_vii_viii_Contents 03.0_pp_ix_xii_PREFACE 04.0_pp_xiii_xiii_THE_CITY_AND_THE_ISLAND 04.1_pp_1_15_PREPARATORY 04.2_pp_16_37_ARRIVAL_AT_ZANZIBAR_ISLAND 04.3_pp_38_65_HOW_THE_NILE_QUESTION_STOOD_IN_THE_YEAR_OF_GRACE_1856 04.4_pp_66_115_A_STROLL_THROUGH_ZANZIBAR_CITY 04.5_pp_116_255_GEOGRAPHICAL_AND_PHYSIOLOGICAL 04.6_pp_256_275_VISIT_TO_THE_PRINCE_SAYYID_MAJIDTHE_GOVERNMENT_OF_ZAN_ZIBAR 04.7_pp_276_311_A_CHRONICLE_OF_ZANZIBARTHE_CAREER_OF_THE_LATE_IMAM_SAYTID_SAID 04.8_pp_312_345_ETHNOLOGY_OF_ZANZIBARTHE_FOREIGN_RESIDENTS 04.9_pp_346_367_HORSEFLESH_AT_ZANZIBARTHE_OUTSKIRTS_OF_THE_CITY_AND_THE_CLOVE_PLANTATIONS 04.10_pp_368_406_ETHNOLOGY_OF_ZANZIBARTHE_ARABS 04.11_pp_407_468_ETHNOLOGY_OF_ZANZIBAR_THE_WASAWAHILI_AND_THE_SLAVE_RACES 04.12_pp_469_489_PREPARATIONS_FOR_DEPARTURE 05.0_pp_490_504_APPENDIX_THE_UKARA_OR_UKEREWE_LAKE 06.0_Plate_section