| ISBN |
0955889499 (hbk.) |
| 9780955889493 (hbk.) |
| Title |
Encountering Islam : Joseph Pitts : an English slave in 17th-century Algiers and Mecca : a critical edition, with biographical introduction and notes, of Joseph Pitts of Exeter's A faithful account of the religion and manners of the Mahometans, 1731 / [by] Paul Auchterlonie |
| Publisher |
London : Arabian Publishing, 2012 |
| Physical desc. |
xiv, 354 p. (1 folded) ; ill., facsims., maps ; 25 cm. |
| Note |
Consists of an essay by Paul Auchterlonie and a reproduction of: A faithful account of the religion and manners of the Mahometans [...] / by Joseph Pitts, of Exon. The third edition, corrected, with additions. To which this edition is added a map of Mecca, and a cut of the gestures of the Mahometans in their worship (London : Printed for J. Osborn ... [et. al.], 1731). |
| Reproduction of 1731 text includes facsimiles of the original title, fly-leaf, and woodcuts. |
| Pitt's first edition published in 1704. |
| Bibliography etc. |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-325) and index. |
| Contents |
Pt. 1: Joseph Pitts: sailor, slave, traveller, pilgrim / Paul Auchterlonie. Introduction -- Algiers: a corsair state -- Algiers and the Ottoman Empire -- The political and social organization of Algiers -- The economic organization of Algiers and the development of privateering -- The corsair economy -- The condition of slavery -- Joseph Pitts: the man and his background -- A faithful account of the religion and manners of the Mahometans, 1731: a captivity narrative; a travel account; a description of Islam; publishing history -- Conclusion -- Pt. 2: A faithful account of the religion and manners of the Mahometans / Joseph Pitts of Exeter, the full 1731 text. |
| Person as subject |
Pitts, Joseph -- 1662 or 3-ca. 1735 |
| Subject |
Islam -- Early works to 1800 |
| Travelers Middle East -- History |
| Muslims -- Social life and customs -- Sources |
| Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Saudi Arabia -- Mecca -- Early works to 1800 |
| Pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Saudi Arabia -- Mecca -- Early works to 1800 |
| Privateering -- Africa, North -- History |
| Africa, North -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800 |
| Mecca (Saudi Arabia) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800 |
| Africa, North -- History -- 1517-1882 |
| Added name(s) |
Pitts, Joseph 1662 or 3-ca. 1735 |
| Auchterlonie, Paul |
