Disorienting Encounters: Travels of a Moroccan Scholar in France in 1845-1846. the Voyage of Muhammad As-Saffar Volume 14

by Muhammed As-Saffar

Book Overview

In December of 1845, Muhammad as-Saffar was sent by the reigning Moroccan sultan on a special diplomatic mission to Paris. During the journey, as-Saffar took careful notes and upon his return he hurriedly wrote this travel account. Why was the sultan, descendent of the Prophet Muhammad, and head of a dynasty that had ruled Morocco for more than two hundred years, so eager to read this account? Perhaps he thought it would illuminate some troubling...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520074629
• ISBN13: 9780520074620
• Release Date: February 1992
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"