Naṣr Allāh, Ibrāhīm, <br/><br/>
The lanterns of the king of Galilee / 
Ibrahim Nasrallah ; translated by Nancy Roberts. 
 - xii, 550 pages :  map ;  23 cm. 
 - Modern Arabic literature .
 - Modern Arabic literature. .
<br/><br/> "A novel of 18th-century Palestine"--Cover. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 549-550). 
<br/><br/> In eighteenth-century Palestine, on the shores of Galilee's Lake Tiberias, visionary political and military leader Daher al-Umar al-Zaydani undertakes a journey toward the greatest aim anyone could hope to achieve in his day: the establishment of an autonomous Arab state. To do so he must challenge the rule of the greatest power in the world at the time- the Ottoman Empire -while translating the ideals of human dignity, justice, and religious tolerance into concrete daily realities--Back cover. 
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<br/><br/><br/>Translated from the Arabic. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9774166663 9789774166662 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Ẓāhir al-ʻUmar, active 1750-1775 --Fiction.<br/>Ẓāhir al-ʻUmar, active 1750-1775. <br/>Ẓāhir al-ʻUmar, active 1750-1775 --Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Palestine--Fiction.<br/>Galilee (Israel)--Fiction.<br/>Israel--Galilee.<br/>Middle East--Palestine.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Arabic fiction--21st century.<br/>Arabic fiction--Palestine.<br/>Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PJ7852.A688  / Q2613 2014 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>892.7/3