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Contains long accounts of Beirut, Damascus, Aleppo, and the Druses. The author was in the political department of the British staff in Syria.
Contains long accounts of Beirut, Damascus, Aleppo, and the Druses. The author was in the political department of the British staff in Syria.
Contains long accounts of Beirut, Damascus, Aleppo, and the Druses. The author was in the political department of the British staff in Syria.
Contains long accounts of Beirut, Damascus, Aleppo, and the Druses. The author was in the political department of the British staff in Syria.

[PATON, Andrew Archibald].

The Modern Syrians; or native society in Damascus, Aleppo, and the mountains of the Druses, from notes made 1841, 2, 3, by an Oriental student.

London, Longman, 1844.

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The Modern Syrians;

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A 'very interesting work' (Blackmer), containing long accounts of Beirut, Damascus and Aleppo, as well as detailed accounts of the Druses. A career diplomat, Paton (1811-1874), acted as private secretary to Colonel George Hodges in Egypt from 1839-1840, and was afterwards attached to the political department of the British staff in Syria under Colonel Hugh Henry Rose (afterwards Baron Strathnairn). He was given the rank of deputy assistant quartermaster-general.

First edition; 8vo; viii, 309 pp., 32 pages ads at end dated September 1844; original dark green blindstamped cloth gilt, a very good example.

Blackmer 1268.

Stock code 94567

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Contains long accounts of Beirut, Damascus, Aleppo, and the Druses. The author was in the political department of the British staff in Syria.

The Modern Syrians;

£1,500.00
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