Europe Through Arab Eyes, 1578-1727
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pt. 1. Popular sources: accounts of Muslim captivity in Christendom -- Elite sources: Muslim ambassadors in Christendom -- Conclusion: Encountering the Dunya of the Christians -- pt. 2. Translations. Letters of Radwan al-Janawy on Muslim captives -- Description of the defeat of the Armada -- A journey from Morocco to Istanbul and back -- Description of the English attack on Cadiz -- Description of Pisa and Florence -- Expulsion of the Moriscos and the miraculous ransoming of Muslim captives -- Letters from Tunis by Osman / Thomas d'Arcos, a convert to Islam -- Letter about Muslim captives converted to Christianity -- Expulsion of the Moriscos -- Description of the world -- Christian attack on Jarbah (Tunisia) in 1510 -- Bombardment of Tripoli, Libya -- Battle accounts -- Euro-Tunisian piracy -- Letter of Mulay Isma'il to the English Parliament -- Letter from a captive in France -- Letters of Bentura de Zari, Moroccan Ambassador under house arrest in London -- Letter of Mulay Isma'il to Philip V -- On Quinine -- Captivity in Malta -- Falling in love in Naples -- Letter from a female captive in Malta.
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