Russian Hajj : Empire and the Pilgrimage to Mecca /

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In the late nineteenth century, as a consequence of imperial conquest and a mobility revolution, Russia became a crossroads of the hajj, the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca. The first book in any language on the hajj under tsarist and Soviet rule, Russian Hajj tells the story of how tsarist offici...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kane, Eileen M., 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Muslim.
Haddsch
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages.
Islam and state.
HISTORY > Asia > Central Asia.
RELIGION > Islam > General.
Islam et État > Russie > Histoire.
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages > Saudi Arabia > Mecca > History.
Islam and state > Russia > History.
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages > Russia > History.
Saudi Arabia > Mecca.
Russia.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Russia as a crossroads of the global hajj
  • Imperialism through Islamic networks
  • Mapping the hajj, integrating Muslims
  • Forging a Russian hajj route
  • The hajj and religious politics after 1905
  • The hajj and socialist revolution
  • Conclusion : Russian hajj in the twenty-first century.

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