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The Kasîdah of Hâjî Abdû el-Yezdî

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Description: "The Kasîdah, Lady Burton tells us in the biography of her husband, was written by Sir Richard Burton on his return from Mecca in 1854...Hâjî Abdû el-Yezdi...was one of his Eastern noms-de-plume...In his little Foreword to the Reader, the better to disguise his authorship, he calls himself the 'Translator' and signs 'F.B.,' or Frank Baker, an English nom-de-plume from Francis, his second name, and Baker, his mother's family name"--Bibliographical note.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: MCMXXIX [1929]
Call number: 635730
Creator: Burton, Richard Francis (1821-1890)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Edwards Metcalf, 1992.
Dimensions: 22 cm
Associated people: Metcalf, Edwards H.; Kettelwell, John,
Associated organization: Brentano's (Firm),
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