The hajj: the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca and the holy places
The Hajj in Early Photo Documents / C.E.S. Gavin -- Ch. I. Origins. The Religion of Abraham. The Primitive Sanctuary. Arabian Paganism. Muhammad and the Hajj -- Ch. II. Mecca and the Ways Thither. Changes in the Haram. The Paths to Mecca. The Ways from Iraq. The Syrian Hajj. The Hajj Route from Egyp...
| Résumé: | The Hajj in Early Photo Documents / C.E.S. Gavin -- Ch. I. Origins. The Religion of Abraham. The Primitive Sanctuary. Arabian Paganism. Muhammad and the Hajj -- Ch. II. 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 -- Ch. III. 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 -- Ch. IV. 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 -- Ch. V. 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 |
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| Description: | Literaturverz. S. [383] - 391 |
| Description matérielle: | XXIV, 399 S., Ill., Kt. |
| ISBN: | 0691021201 |