RT Book
T1 From Khartoum to Jerusalem: the Dragoman Solomon Negima and his clients (1885-1933)
A1 Mairs, Rachel 1981-
LA English
PP London New York, NY
PB Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
YR 2016
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/862089794
AB In 2014, a collection of papers was found on eBay: a scrapbook, inside which was written 'Testimonial Book of Dragoman Solomon N. Negima'. The letters pasted into the testimonial book bear recommendations of Negima's services as dragoman - a combination of tourist guide and interpreter - in the Holy Land, from travellers of different nationalities, social classes, religions, genders and races. Using these reference letters, and the first-hand published and unpublished accounts of the travellers themselves, this book tells the stories of several such tourists, including the intrepid Victorian female traveller, Ellen E. Miller, and an African-American minister, Rev. Charles T. Walker, who had been born into slavery. Between the lines of others' letters, Solomon Negima's remarkable life story also emerges: from a German mission school in Jerusalem, to the British army in the Sudan, to a successful career as a dragoman in Palestine and Syria, and finally to comfortable retirement with his son, Aziz, and daughter, Olinda, at a Mormon mission in Jerusalem. The discovery of this unique scrapbook allows us an insight into the lives of individuals whose histories would otherwise be lost to us, and a new perspective on the history of travel in the Middle East
AB Introduction -- The Sudan, 1885 -- Tourists and pilgrims -- Alone through Syria -- Rev. Charles T. Walker -- Floyd House -- The letters
OP 261
NO Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-257) and index
CN DS125.3.N44
SN 978-1-4742-5500-4
SN 1-4742-5500-0
K1 Negima, Solomon N
K1 Dragomen : Middle East : Biography
K1 Travelers : Middle East : History : 19th century
K1 Travelers : Middle East : History : 20th century
K1 Middle East : Description and travel