Mecca : A Literary History of the Muslim Holy Land

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 l...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Peters, F. E.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton University Press, 2017.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages.
Islam > Rituals.
RELIGION > Islam > General.
Islam > Rituel.
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages > Saudi Arabia > Mecca.
Saudi Arabia > Medina.
Saudi Arabia > Mecca.
Medina (Saudi Arabia) > History.
Mecca (Saudi Arabia) > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Mecca and Medina in Early Photo Documents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Maps
  • Chapter I.A Speculative History of Mecca in the Age of Ignorance
  • Chapter II. Muhammad: Medina and After
  • Chapter III. Building the Holy Land
  • Chapter IV. Caught in the Spice Chain: Europe and the Hijaz
  • Chapter V. The Ottoman Hijaz
  • Chapter VI. The Two Sanctuaries
  • Chapter VII. The Wars of the Kings
  • Chapter VIII. King and Caliph: The Sharifate of Husayn ibn Ali (1908-1925)
  • Chronology of Mecca and the Hajj
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index.

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