Alexander Svoboda Travel Journal

 

On the 15th of April, 1897, a 19 year-old European resident of Baghdad, named Alexander Richard Svoboda, set out on a long journey to Europe by caravan, boat and train. From a large and influential family of merchants, artists, and explorers settled in Ottoman Iraq since the end of the 18th century, Alexander traveled in the company of his parents and a departing British diplomat accompanied by his retinue. They followed a circuitous route through the Middle East to Cairo and thence to Europe on a three and a half month journey which Alexander described day-by-day in a journal written in the Iraqi Arabic of his time.

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  • From Baghdad to Paris: 1897; Journal of a Journey to Europe by Land via Damascus and Beirut. (Formatted HTML Journal) 

    Svoboda, Alexander (Newbook Digital Texts, 2013)
    On the 15th of April, 1897, Alexander Richard Svoboda, a 19 year-old European resident of Baghdad, set out on a long journey to Europe by caravan, boat, and train. From a large and influential family of merchants, artists, ...

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    Alexander Svoboda travel journal- fonts used in the diary.

  • From Baghdad to Paris: 1897; Journal of a Journey to Europe by Land via Damascus and Beirut. PDF Book- March 4, 2013 

    Svoboda, Alexander (Newbook Digital Texts, 2013-03-04)
    On the 15th of April, 1897, a 19 year-old European resident of Baghdad, named Alexander Richard Svoboda, set out on a long journey to Europe by caravan, boat and train. From a large and influential family of merchants, ...

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  • DOC X Arabic 3 Diary 

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    Alexander Svoboda travel journal- Arabic text of the journal.

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    Alexander Svoboda travel journal- Arabic text of the journal.

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    Alexander Svoboda travel journal- English translation of diary.

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    Alexander Svoboa travel journal- describes language used in the journal with transcription chart.

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    Alexander Svoboda travel journal- introduction by Walter G. Andrews.

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