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- catalog abstract "For the non-Muslim, Mecca is the most forbidden of Holy Cities--and yet, in many ways it is the best known. Muslim historians and geographers have studied it, and countless pilgrims and travelers--many of them European Christians in disguise--have left behind lively and well-publicized accounts of life in Mecca and its associated shrine-city of Medina, where the Prophet lies buried. The stories of all these figures, holy men and heathens alike, come together in this book to offer a remarkably revealing literary portrait of the city's traditions and urban life and of the surrounding area. Closely following the publication of F. E. Peters's The Hajj (Princeton, 1994), which describes the perilous pilgrimage itself from the travelers' perspectives, this collection of writings and commentary completes the historical travelogue. The accounts begin with the Muslims themselves, in the patriarchal age of Abraham and Ishmael, and trace the sometimes glorious and sometimes sad history of Islam's central shrine down to the last Grand Sharif of Mecca, Husayn ibn Ali, whose fragile kingdom was overtaken by the House of Sa`ud in 1926. Because of chronic flooding and constant rebuilding, there is little or no material evidence for the early history of Islam's holy cities. -- Publisher description.".
- catalog contributor b6493001.
- catalog coverage "Mecca (Saudi Arabia) History.".
- catalog coverage "Medina (Saudi Arabia) History.".
- catalog created "c1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "c1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
- catalog description "A speculative history of Mecca in the age of ignorance --- Muhammad: Medina and after --- Building the Holy Land --- Caught in the spice chain: Europe and the Hijaz --- The Ottoman Hijaz --- The two sanctuaries --- The war of the kings --- King and Caliph: the Sharifate of Husayn ibn Ali (1908-1925).".
- catalog description "For the non-Muslim, Mecca is the most forbidden of Holy Cities--and yet, in many ways it is the best known. Muslim historians and geographers have studied it, and countless pilgrims and travelers--many of them European Christians in disguise--have left behind lively and well-publicized accounts of life in Mecca and its associated shrine-city of Medina, where the Prophet lies buried. The stories of all these figures, holy men and heathens alike, come together in this book to offer a remarkably revealing literary portrait of the city's traditions and urban life and of the surrounding area. Closely following the publication of F. E. Peters's The Hajj (Princeton, 1994), which describes the perilous pilgrimage itself from the travelers' perspectives, this collection of writings and commentary completes the historical travelogue. The accounts begin with the Muslims themselves, in the patriarchal age of Abraham and Ishmael, and trace the sometimes glorious and sometimes sad history of Islam's central shrine down to the last Grand Sharif of Mecca, Husayn ibn Ali, whose fragile kingdom was overtaken by the House of Sa`ud in 1926. Because of chronic flooding and constant rebuilding, there is little or no material evidence for the early history of Islam's holy cities. -- Publisher description.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [449]-463) and index.".
- catalog extent "xxiii, 473 p. :".
- catalog identifier "069103267X (acid-free paper) :".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "c1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Mecca (Saudi Arabia) History.".
- catalog spatial "Medina (Saudi Arabia) History.".
- catalog spatial "Saudi Arabia Mecca.".
- catalog subject "953.8 20".
- catalog subject "DS248.M4 P48 1994".
- catalog subject "Islam Rituals.".
- catalog subject "Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages Saudi Arabia Mecca.".
- catalog tableOfContents "A speculative history of Mecca in the age of ignorance --- Muhammad: Medina and after --- Building the Holy Land --- Caught in the spice chain: Europe and the Hijaz --- The Ottoman Hijaz --- The two sanctuaries --- The war of the kings --- King and Caliph: the Sharifate of Husayn ibn Ali (1908-1925).".
- catalog title "Mecca : a literary history of the Muslim Holy Land / F.E. Peters.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".