Hajj Travelogues : : Texts and Contexts from the 12th Century until 1950 / / Richard van Leeuwen.

In Hajj Travelogues: Texts and Contexts from the 12th Century until 1950 Richard van Leeuwen maps the corpus of hajj accounts from the Muslim world and Europe. The work outlines the main issues in a field of study which has largely been neglected. A large number of hajj travelogues are described as...

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Superior document:Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East ; 180
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2024.
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Year of Publication:2024
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East ; 180.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2024.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1078 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements and Remarks
  • Maps
  • Introduction
  • part 1: From the Beginnings until 1800
  • 1 The Formation of a Corpus
  •  1 Questions of Genre
  •  2 Intertextual Connections, Cultural and Historical Backgrounds
  •  3 Intra-generic Coherence
  •  4 Travellers and Their Readers
  •  5 Transmission
  •  6 Conclusion
  • 2 Journeys
  •  1 Conventions for Travelling
  •  2 Trajectories and Caravans
  •  3 The Sea Route from Asia
  •  4 The Holy Places
  •  5 Themes and Issues
  •  6 Conclusion
  • 3 Politics
  •  1 The Hajj and Processes of Globalisation
  •  2 The History and Organisation of the Hajj as a Political Issue
  •  3 Accompanying a Moroccan Princess on Hajj
  •  4 An Ottoman Perspective
  •  5 A Moroccan Embassy
  •  6 Mughal Perspectives
  •  7 Political Themes and References
  •  8 Conclusion
  • 4 Religion
  •  1 The Religious Framework
  •  2 The Legal Framework
  •  3 Reformers
  •  4 Religious Frameworks 1: al-Ê¿AbdarÄ«
  •  5 Religious Frameworks 2: al-Ê¿AyyāshÄ«
  •  6 Scriptural and Legal Frameworks
  •  7 Places for Visitation (mazārāt)
  •  8 Rituals, Ceremonies, Feasts
  •  9 Women
  •  10 Scholarly Encounters
  •  11 Books
  •  12 Conclusion
  • 5 The Spiritual Dimension
  •  1 Sufism and the Hajj
  •  2 MaghribÄ« Pilgrims until the End of the 17th Century
  •  3 ʿAbd al-GhanÄ« al-NābulusÄ«
  •  4 Shāh WalÄ« Allāh of Delhi
  •  5 The MaghribÄ« Tradition in the 18th Century
  •  6 Conclusion
  • 6 European Discourses
  •  1 Travellers and Informants
  •  2 Europeans in Mecca
  •  3 Scholars
  •  4 Polemicists
  •  5 Conclusion
  • part 2: 1800-1950
  • 7 European Intrusions and the Impact of Modernity
  •  1 Modernity and Reform
  •  2 The Muslim World and the Spread of Modernity
  •  3 Cultural Debates
  •  4 European Discourses of the Hajj, 1800-1950
  •  5 European Travellers to Mecca
  •  6 The Second Wave of SaÊ¿Å«dÄ«-WahhābÄ« Insurgency
  •  7 European Pilgrims to Mecca
  •  8 The Hajj and European Scholarship
  •  9 Conclusion
  • 8 Continuity and Change
  •  1 Issues of Genre
  •  2 Autobiographies
  •  3 Adab
  •  4 Realism
  •  5 Religion and Scholarship
  •  6 Administrative Handbooks
  •  7 Journals and Periodicals
  •  8 Guides
  •  9 Visual Material, Images, Photographs
  •  10 Conclusion
  • 9 Journeys
  •  1 Itineraries
  •  2 Modern Travel
  •  3 Sanitary Arrangements
  •  4 Bureaucratic Formalities
  •  5 Conclusion
  • 10 Politics
  •  1 Ottoman Reforms
  •  2 European Imperialism
  •  3 Egypt
  •  4 Troubles in the Hijaz
  •  5 Political Visions
  •  6 The Hijaz as a Place of Refuge and Immigration
  •  7 Conclusion
  • 11 Religion
  •  1 Law and Theology
  •  2 Religion and Politics: The Case of RashÄ«d Riá¸ōā
  •  3 Between Universalism and Diversity: The Islamic Congresses
  •  4 ‘Modern' Muslims
  •  5 The Hajj and Political Militancy
  •  6 ShÄ«Ê¿Ä«s
  •  7 Women on Hajj
  •  8 Conclusion
  • 12 The Spiritual Dimension
  •  1 Sufism, Travellers, and Travelogues
  •  2 Hajj Accounts as Sufi Texts
  •  3 The KattānÄ« Shaykhs and Their Sufi Network
  •  4 Conclusion
  • Conclusion
  •  1 Framing the Hajj as a Journey
  •  2 Periodisation, Cultural Background, and Modernity
  •  3 The Hajj and Spirituality
  • Glossary
  • Travelogues
  • Bibliography
  • Index.