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Well-illustrated report of an archaeological expedition
to the 7th & 8th-century "desert castles" of the Umayyad Caliphate

JAUSSEN, Antonin & Raphael SVAIGNAC
Mission archeologique en Arabie III. Les chateaux arabes Qeseir 'Amra, Harâneh et Tûba.
Paris, Paul Geuthner, 1922. 2 volumes (text and atlas). Small folio (21 x 29.5 cm). Text volume with 21 illustrations in the text (mostly photographs). Atlas volume with 58 loose plates (mostly plans and photographic views) as issued. Text volume in modern half cloth, kept with the plates in a modern half cloth portfolio. [6], 134, [2] pp.
€ 1,500
Third and final instalment of the "Archaeological mission to Arabia" series published by the Societé des Fouilles Archéologiques between 1909 and 1922, this issue dedicated entirely to the famous "qusur" (or qasr: so-called desert castles) of the Umayyad Caliphate (661-750 CE; AH 41-132): Quseir Amra (a hunting lodge), Qasr Al-Kharanah and Qasr Tuba in present-day northeastern Jordan. "The authors found the [previously published] description of Qasr Harâna and Qasr Tûba faulty and unreliable, and re-describe them completely. They give numbers of views of Qeseir Amra and a briefer description. The text includes also itineraries and historical and epigraphical notes. It is well arranged, and seems to supply all the information that can possibly be wanted; the plans and views, too, are excellent." (JRAS).
Slight traces of worming in foot margin (no loss of text). Folder slightly rubbed around the edges, otherwise generally in good condition. [review no. 12], Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, vol. 57 (1925), p. 161; WorldCat 490111584.
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