The Hajj : : The Muslim Pilgrimage to Mecca and the Holy Places / / F. E. Peters.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
• VerfasserIn: Peters, F. E.,
• MitwirkendeR: Gavin, C.E.S.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021]; ©1994
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (451 p.) :; 3 maps, 26 halftones

Among the duties God imposes upon every Muslim capable of doing so is a pilgrimage to the holy places in and around Mecca in Arabia. Not only is it a religious ritual filled with blessings for the millions who make the journey annually, but it is also a social, political, and commercial experience that for centuries has set in motion a flood of travelers across the world's continents. Whatever its outcome--spiritual enrichment, cultural exchange, financial gain or ruin--the road to Mecca has long been an exhilarating human adventure. By collecting the firsthand accounts of these travelers and shaping their experiences into a richly detailed narrative, F. E. Peters here provides an unparalleled literary history of the central ritual of Islam from its remote pre-Islamic origins to the end of the Hashimite Kingdom of the Hijaz in 1926.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- The Hajj in Early Photo Documents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Maps -- CHAPTER I ORIGINS -- CHAPTER II MECCA AND THE WAYS THITHER -- CHAPTER III THE MEDIEVAL HAJJ (1100-1400 C.E.) -- CHAPTER IV UNDER NEW AUSPICES -- CHAPTER V THROUGH EUROPEAN EYES: HOLY CITY AND HAJJ IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY -- CHAPTER VI STEAMSHIPS AND CHOLERA: THE HAJJ IN MODERN TIMES -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index