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FROM KHARTOUM TO JERUSALEM
THE DRAGOMAN SOLOMON NEGIMA AND HIS CLIENTS (1885-1933) |
By: |
Rachel Mairs |
Format: |
Paperback |
List price:
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£34.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
1350054127 |
ISBN 13: |
9781350054127 |
Publisher: |
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC |
Pub. date: |
30 November, 2017 |
Pages: |
280 |
Synopsis: |
In 2014, a collection of papers was found on eBay: a scrapbook, inside which was written `Testimonial Book of Dragoman Solomon N. Negima'. The letters pasted into the testimonial book bear recommendations of Negima's services as dragoman - a combination of tourist guide and interpreter - in the Holy Land, from travellers of different nationalities, social classes, religions, genders and races.Using these reference letters, and the first-hand published and unpublished accounts of the travellers themselves, this book tells the stories of several such tourists, including the intrepid Victorian female traveller, Ellen E. Miller, and an African-American minister, Rev. Charles T. Walker, who had been born into slavery. Between the lines of others' letters, Solomon Negima's remarkable life story also emerges: from a German mission school in Jerusalem, to the British army in the Sudan, to a successful career as a dragoman in Palestine and Syria, and finally to comfortable retirement with his son, Aziz, and daughter, Olinda, at a Mormon mission in Jerusalem.The discovery of this unique scrapbook allows us an insight into the lives of individuals whose histories would otherwise be lost to us, and a new perspective on the history of travel in the Middle East. |
Illustrations: |
25 bw illus |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Bloomsbury Academic |
Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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