The British Empire and the Hajj : : 1865-1956 / / John Slight.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2015
• VerfasserIn: Slight, John,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (456 p.) :; 14 halftones, 4 maps, 1 table
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; 1. Contexts --; 2. Pilgrimage in the Mid-Victorian Era, c. 1865-1900 --; 3. Pilgrimage in the Edwardian Era, 1901-1914 --; 4. The First World War and the Hashemite Interregnum, 1914-1924 --; 5. Britain and the Hajj under Saudi Control, 1924-1939 --; 6. Hajj from the Far Ends of Britain's Muslim Empire, 1924-1939 --; Epilogue: Hajj in the Time of War and Decolonization, 1939-1956 --; Conclusion --; Abbreviations --; Notes --; Glossary --; Archival Sources --; Acknowledgments --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674495029; 9783110439687; 9783110438727; 9783110665901
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674495029
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: John Slight.

The British Empire governed more than half the world's Muslims. John Slight traces the empire's complex interactions with the Hajj-the annual pilgrimage to Mecca-from the 1860s, when an outbreak of cholera led Britain to engage reluctantly in medical regulation of pilgrims, to the Suez Crisis of 1956. He gives voice to pilgrims and officials alike.