Vividly captures the experiences of prominent Indian intellectual and scholar Shibli- Nu\'ma-ni- (1857-1914) as he journeyed across the Ottoman Empire and Egypt in 1892.
A professor of Arabic and Persian, Nu\'ma-ni- took a six-month leave from teaching to travel to the Ottoman Empire in search of rare printed works and manuscripts..
Vividly captures the experiences of prominent Indian intellectual and scholar Shibli- Nu\'ma-ni- (1857-1914) as he journeyed across the Ottoman Empire and Egypt in 1892