Table of Contents
Letter from the General Editor iii
Map: Hanna Diyab's Travels viii
Foreword Yasmine Seale xi
Acknowledgments xv
Introduction xvii
Note on the Text xxxiii
Notes to the Introduction xxxix
The Book of Travels, Volume One 1
Chapter 1 2
Chapter 2 My Departure from Tripoli in the Company of the Traveler Paul Lucas, in the Month of February 1707 of the Christian Era 30
Chapter 3 My First Time at Sea with Paul Lucas, in the Month of May 1707 42
Chapter 4 Our Voyage to Egypt and What Happened to Us in the Month of June 1707 56
Chapter 5 Our Travels to the Maghreb in the Year 1708 102
Chapter 6 Our Journey to the Lands of the Franks in the Year 1708 182
Chapter 7 Our Voyage to France 256
Chapter 8 Our Journey from Provence to France and the City of Paris 272
Notes 283
Glossary of Names and Terms 293
Bibliography 301
Further Reading 310
Index 314
About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute 330
About the Typefaces 331
Titles Published by the Library of Arabic Literature 332
About the Editor 337
About the Translator 338