Sindh and the Races That Inhabit the Valley of the Indus

With Notices of the Topography and History of Province

Richard F. Burton (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

432 Seiten

2024
Manohar Publishers and Distributors (Verlag)
978-93-90729-48-7 (ISBN)

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The present work is the culmination of Richard Burton’s five years stay in Sindh, where he had the opportunity to learn the manners and customs, the domestic details, and the religious opinions and language of the people among, and with whom, he lived. He found the previous descriptions of Sindh and its inhabitants of little use; they were either too popular in nature, or written with a view of imparting a superficial knowledge of the language. Richard Burton has given long descriptions of the studies, religion and ceremonies peculiar to the race inhabiting Sindh, the first specimens of language, and notices of the literature ever printed, and also the first detailed account of native habits and customs, manners and ceremonies. This work would be useful to not only linguists, ethnographers, and historians but also general readers who are?fond?of?travelling?in?the?past.

Richard Francis Burton KCMG, FRGS (19 March 1821-20 October 1890) was a British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer and diplomat. He was famed for his travels and explorations in Asia, Africa and the Americas, as well as his extraordinary knowledge of languages and cultures. According to one count, he spoke 29 European, Asian and African?languages.

Chapter I General Appearances 1
Chapter II The Ancient Course of the Indus 35
Chapter III A List of Sindhi Legends 56
Chapter IV Biography of the Three Most Celebrated Sindhi Authors 81
Chapter V The Same Subject 114
Chapter VI Moselm Education at Schools 134
Chapter VII Present State of Scoeity in Sindh 158
Chapter VIII Tasawwuf of Sufysim 198
Chapter IX Account of the Different Stanger 232
Chapter X Ceremonies Observed 258
Chapter XI The Sindhi Proper described
Chapter XII The Hindoos of Sindh 309
Chapter XIII The Amil Class 338
Concluding Remarks 362
Appendix 367
Notes 376

Erscheinungsdatum	28.06.2025
Verlagsort	New Delhi
Sprache	englisch
Maße	150 x 230 mm
Gewicht	850 g
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Asien
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	93-90729-48-3 / 9390729483
ISBN-13	978-93-90729-48-7 / 9789390729487
Zustand	Neuware