| Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 399 p., [14] p. of plates ) |
| Series |
Book collections on Project MUSE
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| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- The Hajj in Early Photo Documents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Maps -- CHAPTER I ORIGINS -- CHAPTER II MECCA AND THE WAYS THITHER -- CHAPTER III THE MEDIEVAL HAJJ (1100-1400 C.E.) -- CHAPTER IV UNDER NEW AUSPICES -- CHAPTER V THROUGH EUROPEAN EYES: HOLY CITY AND HAJJ IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY -- CHAPTER VI STEAMSHIPS AND CHOLERA: THE HAJJ IN MODERN TIMES -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index |
| Summary |
Among the duties God imposes upon every Muslim capable of doing so is a pilgrimage to the holy places in and around Mecca in Arabia. Not only is it a religious ritual filled with blessings for the millions who make the journey annually, but it is also a social, political, and commercial experience that for centuries has set in motion a flood of travelers across the world's continents. Whatever its outcome--spiritual enrichment, cultural exchange, financial gain or ruin--the road to Mecca has long been an exhilarating human adventure. By collecting the firsthand accounts of these travelers and shaping their experiences into a richly detailed narrative, F. E. Peters here provides an unparalleled literary history of the central ritual of Islam from its remote pre-Islamic origins to the end of the Hashimite Kingdom of the Hijaz in 1926 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-391 and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Saudi Arabia -- Mecca -- History
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Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages
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Saudi Arabia -- Mecca
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021701032 |
| ISBN |
9780691225142 |
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0691225141 |
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9780691026190 |
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069102619X |
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9780691021201 |
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0691021201 |
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