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WilliamGiffordPalgrave(18261888)wasanArabicscholar,bornatWestminster,England.HewasthesonofSirFrancisPalgrave,K.H.andElizabethTurner.

Contents

1Earlylifeandeducation2Earlyoverseastravel&conversiontoCatholicism3Syria&MiddleEasterntravels4Laterlifeanddeath5Seealso6References

6.1Footnotes6.2Sources

7Externallinks

Earlylifeandeducation

HewaseducatedatCharterhouseSchool,thenoccupyingitsoriginalsitenearSmithfield,andundertheheadmastershipofDr.Saunders,afterwardsDeanofPeterborough.Amongotherhonourshewontheschoolgoldmedalforclassicalverse,andproceededtoTrinityCollege,Oxford,whereheobtainedascholarship,graduatingFirstClassLit.Hum.,SecondClassMath.,1846.

Earlyoverseastravel&conversiontoCatholicism

HewentstraightfromcollegetoIndia,andservedforatimeinthe8th(TheKing's)RegimentofFoot,BombayNativeInfantry,H.I.C.ShortlyafterthishebecameaRomanCatholic,wasordainedapriest,andjoinedtheorderoftheJesuits,(SocietyofJesus),andservedasamemberoftheorderinIndia,Rome,andinSyria,whereheacquiredacolloquialcommandofArabic.[1]

HeconvincedhissuperiorstosupportamissiontotheinteriorofArabia,whichatthattimewasterraincognitatotherestoftheworld.HealsogainedthesupportoftheFrenchemperor,NapoleonIII,representingtohimthatbetterknowledgeofArabiawouldbenefitFrenchimperialisticschemesinAfricaandtheMiddleEast.

Syria&MiddleEasterntravels

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PalgravethenreturnedtoSyria,whereheassumedtheidentityofatravellingSyrianphysician.[1]Stockinghisbagswithmedicinesandsmalltradegoods,andaccompaniedbyoneservant,hesetoffforNajd,innorthcentralArabia.HetraveledasaChristian.TheservicehewoulddofortheSocietyofJesusandtheFrenchempirewouldbeasaspy,notamissionary.

PalgravebecamefriendlywithFaisalbinTurkibinAbdullahAlSaudwhileinRiyadh,SaudiArabia.Faisal'sson,AbdulRahmaninFaisal,askedPalgravetogethimstrychnine.PalgravebelievedthatAbdulwantedittopoisonhisfather.PalgravewasaccusedofespionageandwasalmostexecutedforhisChristianbeliefs.[1]

Laterlifeanddeath

AftertravellingforayearfromSyria,throughNajd,andontoBahrainandOman,hereturnedtoEurope,wherehewroteanarrativeofhistravels.Thisnarrativebecameabestsellerandhasbeenreprintedmanytimes.Itmakesnomentionofthecovertmotivesforhisjourney.

Afterwritingthisbook,PalgravemadeyetanothervoltefaceandrenouncedtheCatholicChurchin1865.HethenenteredtheBritishForeignOfficeandwasappointedconsulatSukhumKale(Sukhumi)in1866,andmovedtoTrebizond(Trabzon)in1867.In1868hemarriedKatherine,thedaughterofGeorgeEdwardSimpson,ofNorwich,bywhomhehadthreesons.HewasappointedconsulatSt.ThomasandSt.Croixin1873,Manilain1876,andin1878inBulgaria,wherehewasappointedConsulGeneral.In1879hewasmovedtoBangkok.In1884hewasappointedMinisterResidentandConsulGeneraltoUruguay,whereheserveduntilhisdeathin1888.

Palgrave'sjourneymarkedinred

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Seealso

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Najdhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangkokhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strychninehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Itin%C3%A9raire_Palgrave.jpghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Croixhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faisal_bin_Turki_bin_Abdullah_Al_Saudhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguayhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhumihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgariahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrainhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espionagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwichhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Foreign_Officehttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abdul_Rahman_in_Faisal&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Najdhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Thomas,_U.S._Virgin_Islandshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trabzonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riyadh

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References

Footnotes

1. "PersonalNarrativeofaYearsJourneythroughCentralandEasternArabia(186263)"(http://www.wdl.org/en/item/11765/).: RUOG LJLWDO/LEUDU\.1871.Retrieved20130924.

Sources

Freeth,Zahra,&H.V.F.Winstone([SORUHUVRI$UDELDIURPWKH5HQDLVVDQFHWRWKH(QGRIWKH9LFWRULDQ(UD,Allen&Unwin,London,1978Palgrave,W.G.:

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