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Sir Richard Francis Burton. The Jew, The Gypsy and El Islam
The Jew, The Gypsy and El Islam
Table of Contents
PREFACE
FOOTNOTES:
I. THE JEW
CHAPTER I. GENERAL OPINION OF THE JEW
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CHAPTER II. OPINION OF THE JEW IN ENGLAND
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CHAPTER III. THE JEW OF THE HOLY LAND AND HIS DESTINY
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CHAPTER IV. THE JEW AND THE TALMUD
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CHAPTER V. THE CONTINUITY OF TRADITION IN THE EAST
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II. THE GYPSY
TO THE READER
Part I. NOTES ON MODERN STUDIES OF “CHINGANOLOGY”
CHAPTER I. THE INDIAN AFFINITIES OF THE GYPSIES
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CHAPTER II. THE CLAIMS AND PRETENSIONS OF M. PAUL BATAILLARD
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CHAPTER III. A REVIEW OF M. PAUL BATAILLARD’S REVIEWS § 1. Preliminaries
§ 2. “Derniers Travaux, etc.”
§ 3. “Origines, etc.”
§ 4. “Notes et Questions, etc.,” “Sur le mot Zagaie, etc.”
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Part II. TOPOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON THE GYPSIES AND THE JATS
CHAPTER IV. HISTORICAL SURVEY OF THE GYPSY IN EUROPE
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CHAPTER V. THE GYPSY IN ASIA § 1. The Punjabi Jats
§ 2. The Jats of Belochistan
§ 3. The Gypsies of Persia
§ 4. The Gypsies of Syria
§ 5. The Gypsies of the Haurán, South-Eastern Syria
§ 6. The Gypsies of Damascus
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CHAPTER VI. THE GYPSY IN AFRICA § 1. The Egyptian Ghajar or Ghagar
§ 2. The Gzane of Algeria and Morocco
§ 3. The Gypsies in Inner Africa
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CHAPTER VII. THE GYPSY IN EUROPE § 1. The Gypsy in Hungary
§ 2. The Gypsies of Spain
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CHAPTER VIII. THE GYPSY IN AMERICA. The Gypsies of the Brazil
III. EL ISLAM
EL ISLAM. OR. THE RANK OF MUHAMMADANISM AMONG. THE RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD
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INDEX
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Sir Richard Francis Burton
Published by Good Press, 2019
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The ethnologist and the student of general history are urgently invited to consider the annals and the physical and intellectual aspects of the children of Israel, perhaps the most interesting subject that can occupy their attention. The Jew, like the Gypsy, stands alone, isolated by character, if not by blessing. Traditionally, or rather according to its own tradition, the oldest family on earth, it is at the same time that which possesses the most abundant vitality. Its indestructible and irrepressible life-power enables this nation without a country to maintain an undying nationality and to nourish a sentiment of caste with a strength and a pertinacity unparalleled in the annals of patriotism. The people that drove the Jews from Judæa, the empires which effaced the kingdoms of Israel and Judah from the map of the world, have utterly perished. The descendants of the conquering Romans are undistinguishable from the rest of mankind. But, eighteen hundred years after the Fall of Jerusalem, the dispersed Jewish people have a distinct existence, are a power in every European capital, conduct the financial operations of nations and governments, and are to be found wherever civilization has extended and commerce has penetrated; in fact, it has made all the world its home.
One obstacle to a matured and detailed ethnological study of the Jew is the difficulty of becoming familiar with a people scattered over the two hemispheres. Though the race is one, the two great factors blood and climate have shown it to be anything but immutable, either in physique or in character. Compare, for instance, the two extremes—the Tatar-faced Karaïte of the Crimea with the Semitic features of Morocco, the blond lovelocks of Aden and the fiery ringlets of Germany with the greasy, black hair of Houndsditch. And as bodily form differs greatly, there is perhaps a still greater distinction in mental characteristics: we can hardly believe the peaceful and industrious Dutch Jew a brother of the fanatic and ferocious Hebrew who haunts the rugged Highlands of Safed in the Holy Land. Yet though these differences constitute almost a series of sub-races, there is one essentially great quality which cements and combines the whole house of Israel.
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