A journey through the Yemen and some general remarks upon that country by Harris
"A journey through the Yemen and some general remarks upon that country" by Harris is a travelogue and historical account written in the late 19th century. It blends a clear survey of Yemen’s geography, history, and religious currents with an illustrated first-hand journey from Aden into the interior during Ottoman rule and local unrest. The opening of this work sets out its aims and offers a concise primer on Yemen: uncertain inland
boundaries, the contrast between the arid Teháma plains and the fertile, terraced Jibál highlands, climate and crops (notably coffee), and key ports, islands, towns, and tribes. It outlines native provincial divisions and the practical limits of Ottoman control, then surveys pre-Islamic civilisations (Minæan and Sabæan), the Marib dam and the Queen of Sheba, Abyssinian and Persian domination, the advent of Islam, and early pretenders. The account moves briskly through later dynasties, European trading forays, the first Ottoman occupation, the rise of the Qasimi Imams, Wahhabi incursions, and 19th-century Egyptian and Ottoman interventions that left the Imamate weakened and the coast in Turkish hands. It closes this opening with a brief defense of Islam against Western misconceptions, foreshadowing a deeper look at religious influences. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Read or download for free
| How to read | Url | Size | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read now! | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76757.html.images | 691 kB | |||
| EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76757.epub3.images | 3.2 MB | |||
| EPUB (older E-readers) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76757.epub.images | 3.2 MB | |||
| EPUB (no images, older E-readers) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76757.epub.noimages | 395 kB | |||
| Kindle | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76757.kf8.images | 4.0 MB | |||
| older Kindles | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76757.kindle.images | 4.0 MB | |||
| Plain Text UTF-8 | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76757.txt.utf-8 | 542 kB | |||
| Download HTML (zip) | https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/76757/pg76757-h.zip | 3.9 MB | |||
| There may be more files related to this item. | |||||
Similar Books
About this eBook
| Author | Harris, Walter, 1866-1933 |
|---|---|
| LoC No. | 04002348 |
| Title | A journey through the Yemen and some general remarks upon that country |
| Original Publication | Edinburgh: W. Blackwood, 1893. |
| Note | Illustrated from sketches and photographs taken by the author. |
| Credits | WebRover, Tim Lindell, Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | DS: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Asia |
| Subject | Yemen (Republic) -- Description and travel |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 76757 |
| Release Date | Aug 28, 2025 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 307 downloads in the last 30 days. |
| Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free! | |