Record Number: 33599
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
I have spent a meandering day taking last pictures in the town with the Qadhi, who read out the carved inscriptions of the tombs, and standing with upturned palms while he chanted his prayer for the dead, smiled in his gentle way as I said 'Amen'.
Century:1900-1945
Date:1 Mar 1938
Country:Yemen
Timedaytime
Place:city: Huraidha
county: Shibam, Hadhramaut
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Listener: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:31 Jan 1893
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Travel writer
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Yemen
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[unknown tomb inscriptions and Qu'ranic supplication for the dead]
Genre:Other religious
Form of Text:Unknown
Publication Detailsunknown tomb inscriptions and Qu'ranic supplication for the dead
Provenanceread in situ
Source Information:
Record ID:33599
Source:Freya Stark
Editor:n/a
Title:A Winter in Arabia: A Journey through Yemen
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1972
Vol:n/a
Page:190
Additional Comments:
Pagination is from the 2011 IB Tauris edition. The book was first published by John Murray in London in 1972.
Citation:
Freya Stark, A Winter in Arabia: A Journey through Yemen, (London, 1972), p. 190, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33599, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
Dame Freya Madeline Stark (31 January 1893 - 9 May 1993) was a British explorer and travel writer. The Qadhi of Huraidha's reading aloud of tomb inscriptions and the Islamic supplication for the dead took place in Huraidha (near Shibam) in the Qu'aiti State of Hadhramaut, which was a British protectorate from 1858 until its abolition in 1967.
