Arabic Proverbs: Or, the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians by John Lewis Burckhardt

Arabic Proverbs: Or, the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians

John Lewis Burckhardt

246 pages first pub 1972 (view editions)

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John Lewis Burckhardt (1784 1817) was a Swiss explorer who is best remembered for his rediscovery of the ancient city of Petra in modern Jordan. In 1809 he was commissioned by the African Association to discover the source of the River Niger. In p...

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