Lightning Over Yemen: Studies Volume: A History of the Ottoman Campaign in Yemen, 1596-71

Author/Contributor(s):	Al-Nahrawali, Qutb Al-Din ; Smith, Clive
Publisher:	I. B. Tauris & Company
Date:	09/06/2002
Binding:	Hardcover
Condition:	NEW

The military campaign of the Ottomans, when they entered the region of Yemen in the mid-16th century, was chronicled by Qutb al-Din al-Nahrawali, a scholar charged by an Ottoman general to document his army's progress. This book makes this 16th-century Ottoman source document available in English for the first time.