Hajj The Muslim Pilgrimage to Mecca and the Holy Places

Name: Hajj The Muslim Pilgrimage to Mecca and the Holy Places
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ISBN: 9780691026190

ISBN-10: 069102619X

ISBN-13: 9780691026190

Edition: 1994

Authors: Francis Edward Peters, F. E. Peters

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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…

Book details

List price: $58.00
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 1/11/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 430
Size: 6.10" wide x 8.90" long x 1.07" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English



List of Illustrations


The Hajj in Early Photo Documents


Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction Maps



Origins


The Religion of Abraham


The Primitive Sanctuary


Arabian Paganism


Muhammad and the Hajj



Mecca and the Ways Thither


Changes in the Haram


The Paths to Mecca


The Ways from Iraq


The Syrian Hajj


The Hajj Route from Egypt


The Interior Arabian Routes



The Medieval Hajj (1100-1400 C.E.)


Ibn Jubayr on the Hajj in 1183-1184


Entering the State of Ihram


The Pilgrimage to Arafat (13 March 1184)


The Umra of Rajab


Medina the Radiant



Under New Auspices


The Syrian Pilgrimage


The Carriage and Care of Pilgrims


The Bedouin Problem


The Egyptian Pilgrimage


Iranians Make the Hajj


The Caravan as Marketplace in Early Ottoman Times


The Red Sea Crossing


Ali Bey in Mecca (1807)


The Wahhabis in Mecca



Through European Eyes: Holy City and Hajj in the Nineteenth Century


On Making the Hajj under Pretense


Charles Doughty on the Hajj


On First Arriving in Mecca


The Haram and Its Denizens


The Pilgrimage of 1842


Back from Arafat


A Visit to Medina



Steamships and Cholera: The Hajj in Modern Times


The End of the Traditional Hajj


Arrangements Large and Small


Getting There: Transportation on Sea and Land


Health and the Hajj



The Great War and After


The Hijaz Railway


Wartime Pilgrimages


The Postwar Hajj


The Wahhabi Pilgrimage of 1925


Notes


Works Cited


Index