The Caliphs' Last Heritage: A Short History of the Turkish EmpireMacmillan and Company, limited, 1915 - 638 pagina's In this book, Lt. Col. Sir Mark Sykes sets out to correct what he felt were the misguided impressions people had of the Ottoman Empire in 1915. From his own visits to the region, he felt that "there is nothing in our daily private life or public life today which is not directly or indirectly influenced by some human movement that took place in this zone." He firstly discusses different periods from its history: from the Roman and Persian influence to that of Muhammad and the introduction of Islam, to Sulaiman the Magnificent's triumph in Baghdad. In this way, Sykes hopes to impart to the reader the extent of the important role played by the Empire through time. The tone then changes and becomes more personal as the reader is granted access to the Colonel's own diaries and experiences in order to add more color and insight to the historical facts already relayed. Traveling with his dragoman (a Christian from Jerusalem), his English servant, his Greek cook, five Syrian muleteers, and som |
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The Caliphs' Last Heritage: A Short History of the Turkish Empire Mark Sykes Volledige weergave - 1915 |
The Caliphs' Last Heritage: A Short History of the Turkish Empire Mark Sykes Volledige weergave - 1915 |
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Pagina 43 - About his internal life we can only speculate. Imaginative writers have supposed that he had great spiritual struggles, that he went out into the desert in agonies of doubt and divine desire. "In the silence of the desert night, in the bright heat of noontide desert day, he, as do all men, had known and felt himself alone yet not in solitude, for the desert is of God, and in the desert no man may deny Him.
Pagina 79 - And your slaves, see that ye feed them with such food as ye eat yourselves, and clothe them with the stuff ye wear. And if they commit a fault which ye are not inclined to forgive, then sell them, for they are the servants of the Lord, and are not to be tormented.
Pagina 78 - The Lord hath ordained to every man the share of his inheritance ; a testament is not lawful to the prejudice of heirs. The child belongeth to the parent, and the violator of wedlock shall be stoned. Ye people, ye have rights demandable of your wives, and they have rights demandable of you.
Pagina 78 - Your Lives and Property are sacred and inviolable amongst one another until the end of time. 'The Lord hath ordained to every man the share of His inheritance: a Testament is not lawful to the prejudice of heirs. ' The child belongeth to the Parent: and the violator of Wedlock shall be stoned. ' Whoever claimeth falsely another for his father, or another for his master, the curse of God and the Angels, and of all Mankind, shall rest upon him.
Pagina 79 - And your slaves! See that ye feed them with such food as ye eat yourselves; and clothe them with the stuff ye wear; and if they commit a fault which ye are not inclined to forgive, then part from them for they are the servants of the Lord, and are not to be harshly treated.
Pagina 78 - YE PEOPLE ! Hearken to my words ; for I know not whether after this year I shall ever be amongst you here again. ' Your Lives and your Property are sacred and inviolable amongst one another until the end of time.
Pagina 79 - Ye People ! Ye have rights demandable of your Wives, and they have rights demandable of you. Upon them it is incumbent not to violate their conjugal faith nor commit any act of open impropriety ; — which things if they do, ye have authority to shut them up in separate apartments and to beat them with stripes, yet not severely.
Pagina 64 - In the coming year, he may visit Mecca, he and his followers, for three days, when we shall retire therefrom. But they may not enter it with any weapons, save those of the traveller, namely, to each a sheathed sword.* The witnesses hereof are Abu Bakr" cj-cf * I have mainly followed the Secretary of Wackidi, p.
Pagina 79 - ... shall have to appear before your Lord, who shall demand from you an account of all your actions. ... Ye people, ye have rights over your wives, and your wives have rights over you. . . . Treat your wives with kindness and love. Verily ye have taken them on the security of God, and have made their persons lawful unto you by the words of God.
Pagina 78 - Your lives and property are sacred and inviolable amongst one another until ye appear before the Lord, as this day and this month is sacred for all , and remember ye shall have to appear before your Lord , who shall demand from you an account of all your actions.