An Arab'S Journey To Colonial Spanish America: The Travels Of Elias Almsili In The Seventeenth Century (Middle East Literature ,New

An Arab'S Journey To Colonial Spanish America: The Travels Of Elias Almsili In The Seventeenth Century (Middle East Literature ,New

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In 1905, the Jesuit scholar Antn Rabbt discovered the writings of Elias alMsili in a Jacobite diocese in Aleppo, Syria. AlMsili, a seventeenthcentury Arab and a priest of the Chaldean Church, traveled widely across colonial Spanish America, becoming the first person to visit the Americas from Baghdad. Rabbt transcribed into Arabic and published those portions relating to alMsilis travels. Surrounded by a world seemingly filled with exotic miracles, alMsili shares his perceptions of native peoples and their customs, beliefs, and treatment by Spanish conquistadors. Because of the uniqueness and significance of his journey, alMsili was supported by the pope and authorized by the queen regent of Spain. He provides thoughtful descriptions of highlevel officials and clerics in the New World and rare insight on a voyage that would turn into a twelveyear adventure. Acclaimed Middle Eastern historian Farah is the first to make these writings available in English translation, providing an invaluable document for scholars of Middle Eastern history and of the church in Latin America.

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