Biography Subject
Hempher, active 1710-1730 Field Historical Figure Occupation British spy Century 18
Genre	fictional account
Author	Hempher
Translator	Göktaş, Nevzat
Publisher	Nehir Yayınları
Year of Publication	2004
Place of Publication	İstanbul

ISBN	9756711558
Series	Nehir Yayınları ; 38. Siyasal sorunlar dizisi; 15
Page Number	96
Content	20 sm.
Subjects	Biyografi- Anı Hampler	Biyografi- Anı Hampler
Researcher’s Notes	Most likely pseudo-translation "George Packer has characterised Hempher's Memoirs as "probably the labor of a Sunni Muslim author whose intent is to present Muslims as both too holy and too weak to organize anything as destructive as Wahhabism". Bernard Haykel of Harvard's Olin Institute for Strategic Studies describes the document as an anti-Wahhabi forgery, "probably fabricated by one Ayyub Sabri Pasha". Sabri Pasha, an Ottoman writer, studied at the naval academy and earned the rank of naval officer, serving for a time in the Hijaz and Yemen. He wrote historical works on the Saudi dynasty and died in 1890. In The Beginning and Spread of Wahhabism, Ayyub Sabri Pasha recounts the story of Abdul Wahhab's association with Hempher the British spy, and their plot to create a new religion.[9]" ref: Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memoirs_of_Mr._Hempher,_The_British_Spy_to_the_Middle_East	Most likely pseudo-translation "George Packer has characterised Hempher's Memoirs as "probably the labor of a Sunni Muslim author whose intent is to present read more...

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Original Title	Memoirs of Mr. Hempher, The British Spy to the Middle East
Original Language	English
Statement of Translation	çev.
Source Catalogue	AKK library
Call Number	K0005067 = 920.932712/HAM 2004 = 920.932712/HAM 2004 2004