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Title: Oriental Encounters
Palestine and Syria, 1894-6

Author: Marmaduke Pickthall

Release Date: September 25, 2006 [eBook #19378]

Language: English

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ORIENTAL ENCOUNTERS

Palestine And Syria (1894-5-6)

by

MARMADUKE PICKTHALL

London: 48 Pall Mall
W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd.
Glasgow Melbourne Auckland
Copyright 1918

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE.

INTRODUCTION 1

I. RASHID THE FAIR 11

II. A MOUNTAIN GARRISON 20

III. THE RHINOCEROS WHIP 28

IV. THE COURTEOUS JUDGE 36