Medieval and Ottoman Hajj Route in Jordan : : An Archaeological and Historical Study / / Andrew Petersen.
As one of the five pillars of Islam the pilgrimage to Mecca (the Hajj) is central to the life of all Muslims. A network of roads radiates from the Hijaz like a giant spider's web, connecting Mecca to all parts of the Muslim world.
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| Superior document: | Levant Supplementary Series |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Oxford, [London] : : Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL),, [2022] ©2012 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Levant supplementary series.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 240 pages) :; illustrations, maps. |
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Table of Contents:
- Principal written sources
- The medieval hajj route through Syria and Jordan
- Early Ottoman Arabia and the Syrian hajj route
- The Ottoman hajj route : motivation and ideology
- Travelling on the Darb al-Hajj
- Ottoman fortification in Palestine and Transjordan
- The hajj route in Syria
- Catalogue of hajj forts in Jordan
- Catalogue of forts in Saudi Arabia
- Arabic and Turkish inscriptions on the Darb al-Hajj
- Excavations at Qalat Unaiza
- Ceramics from at Qalat Unaiza and other hajj forts in Jordan
- Finds from Qalat Unaiza and other Ottoman forts on the Darb al-Hajj.