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Edward Scott Waring; Gulf States and PersiaBiblio.com

Middle Eastern Travel and Persian Society: British Officer Edward Scott Waring A Tour to Sheeraz Describing Persia and the Persian Gulf 1807

1807rif. 145581807. Waring Edward Scott. A Tour to Sheeraz 1807 travel narrative describing Persia during the early nineteenth century written by an officer of the British East India Company who journeyed to Shiraz in 1802 by way of the Persian Gulf. The work documents British encounters with Persian society at a moment when commercial diplomatic and strategic interests increasingly connected the Persian Gulf with British imperial networks centered in India. Waring records observations of Persian customs language literature and law while also describing economic activity and regional cultures encountered along the Gulf coast. His account places particular attention on the intellectual traditions of Persian literature and the social practices of Persian society providing commentary on classical Persian poetry as well as everyday cultural life. Waring Edward Scott. A Tour to Sheeraz by the Route of Kazroon and Feerozabad; with various remarks on the manners customs laws language and literature of the Persians. London: W. Bulmer for T. Cadell & W. Davies 1807. Second edition revised. Waring recounts his expedition to Shiraz and provides descriptions of landscapes towns and cultural practices encountered along the journey. The narrative includes discussions of hawk hunting Arabian horses and pearl fishing in the Persian Gulf with references to coastal communities stretching from Ras al Khaimah and Qatar to Bahrain and Kuwait. Waring also records an early European account of Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab and the religious movement associated with Wahhabi Islam. Throughout the text he comments on Persian language and literary traditions including references to major poets such as Hafiz and Saadi as well as the intellectual influence of Sufi thought. Travel literature concerning Persia and the Persian Gulf formed an important component of European knowledge about the region during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. British officials and merchants traveling between India and the Middle East produced accounts that combined geographic description with commentary on local society trade networks and political developments. Waring's narrative reflects this tradition presenting observations on Persian history and social customs alongside discussions of the literary heritage that shaped Persian intellectual culture. The author himself noted that the earlier 1804 edition printed in Bombay contained numerous errors that required correction leading to the publication of this revised edition. Folio volume containing 329 pages bound in quarter leather over original boards. The two plates called for are absent. Front board detached but present text block solid with staining and water damage visible throughout and writing on both front and rear pastedowns. Overall good condition. unknown

Max Rambod Inc. · Stati Uniti750,00 USD≈ 670,06 €

Air Force One Golf BallBiblio.com

American Presidential History Bill Clinton Era Air Force One Presidential Seal Golf Ball

rif. 12130Clinton era Air Force One golf ball circa 1993-2001 is a piece of presidential commemorative material bearing the visual identity of the executive office and presidential air transport during Bill Clinton's administration. Air Force One serves as the call sign for a U.S. Air Force aircraft while the president is aboard and the two VC-25A aircraft used for presidential transport became among the most recognizable symbols of the modern presidency. The golf ball consequently belongs to the material culture surrounding presidential travel executive symbolism and the informal commemorative objects associated with the White House and Air Force One. Dunlop Air Force One commemorative golf ball. Clinton era circa 1993-2001. White golf ball manufactured by Dunlop and printed in full color with the Presidential Seal. Surrounding the seal is the inscription "Seal of the President of the United States / Air Force One." The design combines two immediately recognizable symbols of presidential authority: the official seal and the name associated with presidential air transport. No additional inscriptions presentation case or provenance information are noted in the supplied description. During Clinton's presidency presidential air transportation centered on two specially configured Boeing 747-200B aircraft designated VC-25A which served both practical and symbolic roles in the public presentation of the presidency. As an object rather than a document of a specific flight or event the golf ball is most useful for the study of presidential memorabilia executive branding and the informal material culture associated with Air Force One. No specific defects are noted in the supplied description. Near fine. A compact Clinton-era presidential souvenir combining the iconography of the Presidency with one of its most recognizable instruments of official travel. unknown

Max Rambod Inc. · Stati Uniti95,00 USD≈ 84,87 €

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