The Book of Travels
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The adventures of the man who created Aladdin The Book of Travels is Ḥannā Diyāb’s remarkable first-person account of his travels as a young man from his hometown of Aleppo to the court of Versailles and back again, which forever linked him to one of the most popular pieces of world literature, the Thousand and One Nights . Diyāb, a Maronite Christian, served as a guide and interpreter for the French naturalist and antiquarian Paul Lucas. Between 1706 and 1716, Diyāb and Lucas traveled through Syria, Cyprus, Egypt, Tripolitania, Tunis, Italy, and France. In Paris, Ḥannā Diyāb met Antoine Galland, who added to his wildly popular translation of the Thousand and One Nights several tales related by Diyāb, including “Aladdin” and “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.” When Lucas failed to make good on his promise of a position for Diyāb at Louis XIV’s Royal Library, Diyāb returned to Aleppo. In his old age, he wrote this engaging account of his youthful adventures, from capture by pirates in the Mediterranean to quack medicine and near-death experiences. Translated into English for the first time, The Book of Travels introduces readers to the young Syrian responsible for some of the most beloved stories from the Thousand and One Nights .A bilingual Arabic-English edition.
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Hannā Diyāb. The Book of Travels
Table of Contents
Landmarks
Letter from the General Editor
Map of Ḥannā Diyāb’s Travels
الفصل التاسع١. وكان دخولنا الي مدينة بهريس في شهر شباط سنه ١٧٠٩. Chapter Nine1. Our Arrival in Paris, in October 17082
الفصل العاشر١. وفي اواخر سنه ١٧٠٨. Chapter Ten. The Last Days of 1708
الفصل الحادي عشر١. في دخولنا الي بلاد الشرق. Chapter Eleven. In the Lands of the East
Afterword: Ḥannā Diyāb and the Thousand and One Nights
Notes
Glossary of Names and Terms
Bibliography. Manuscripts
Works Cited
Further Reading
Literary and Cultural History of the Levant in the Early Modern Period
Antoine Galland and the Orphan Stories
Early Modern Travel Literature
Near Eastern Christianities
Index
Titles Published by the Library of Arabic Literature
English-only Paperbacks
About the Editor
About the Translator