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Cambridge University Wright Lecture Series, Michaelmas 2015 - Personal Identity and Oriental history: Arminius Vámbéry at the crossroads of identities

by Dr Miklós Sárközy, Institute of Ismaili Studies
13 Nov 2015, 5:30pm Room 8&9, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern studies, Sidgwick avenue, cb3 9da

Arminius Vámbéry the Hungarian-Jewish explorer and Orientalist had a really adventurous life. Completely self-taught in science, Vámbéry was a close ally of British and Ottoman political circles as well as an expert of the Muslim world.He set out for his world-famous trip at the end of 1861. Disguised under the name of Rashid Efendi, the most challenging part of his travels occurred in 1863, when Vámbéry travelled through Central Asia.

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Lecture by J. M. Rogers

"Nothing Succeeds Like Excess": Princely Magnificence and an Ottoman Gift to Nadir Shah Afshar
29 Oct 2015

The first in this year's series of Cambridge Lectures in Islamic Art (CLIA) will take place on Thursday 29 October. Our speaker will be Professor J. M. Rogers (The Nour Foundation; Khalili Professor Emeritus of Islamic Art at SOAS and Honorary Curator of the Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art), who will present a paper entitled '"Nothing Succeeds Like Excess": Princely Magnificence and an Ottoman Gift to Nadir Shah Afshar'

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