Personal narrative of a pilgrimage to al-Madinah & Meccah

Personal narrative of a pilgrimage to al-Madinah & Meccah /

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Posing as a wandering dervish, Burton gained admittance to the holy Kaabah and to the tomb of the prophet at Medina and participated in all the rituals of the Hadj (pilgrimage). A treasury of material on Arab life, beliefs, manners and morals, and much more. Volume One starts with the Preface to the...

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Main Author: Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890 (Author)
Other Authors: Burton, Isabel, Lady, 1831-1896 (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Dover Publications, 1964.
Edition:Memorial edition.
Subjects:
Burton, Richard Francis, > Sir, > 1821-1890.
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages > Saudi Arabia > Mecca.
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages > Saudi Arabia > Mecca > Personal naratives.
11.84 Islam: other.
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages.
Travel.
Hadj.
PEREGRINAÇÃO (HISTÓRIA) > ARÁBIA SAUDITA.
VIAGENS E EXPLORAÇÕES (HISTÓRIA) > ARÁBIA SAUDITA.
Arabian Peninsula > Description and travel.
Mecca (Saudi Arabia) > Description and travel.
Medina (Saudi Arabia) > Description and travel.
Arabie (Péninsule) > Descriptions et voyages.
Arabian Peninsula.
Saudi Arabia > Mecca.
Saudi Arabia > Medina.
Personal Narrative
Personal narratives.
Travel books (form)
Récits personnels.
Table of Contents:
  • [1]. Part 1: Al-Misr
  • - Part 2: Al-Madinah
  • - [2]. Part 2: Al-Madinah (continued)
  • - Part 3: Maccah.
  • The first volume
  • Part I.
  • al-Misr
  • To Alexandria: A few words concerning what induced me to a pilgrimage
  • I leave Alexandria
  • The Nile steamboat: The "Little Asthmatic"
  • Life in the Wakálah
  • the Ramazán
  • The mosque
  • Preparations to quit Cairo
  • From Ciaro to Suez
  • Suez
  • The pilgrim ship
  • To Yambu'
  • The halt at Yambu'
  • From Yambu' to Bir Abbás
  • From Bir Abbás to al-Madínah
  • Part II.
  • al-Madinah
  • Through the suburb of al-Madinah to Hámid's house
  • A visit to the Prophet's tomb
  • An essay towards the history of the prophet's mosque
  • al-Madinah
  • A ride to the mosque of Kuba
  • The visitation of Hamzah's tomb.
  • The second volume
  • Part II.
  • al-Madinah (continued)
  • The people of al-Madinah
  • A visit to the saint's cemetery
  • The Damascus caravan
  • From al-Madinah to al-Suwayrkiyah
  • The Badawin of al-Hijaz
  • From al-Suwayrkiyah to Mecca
  • Part III.
  • Meccah
  • The first visit to the house of Allah
  • The ceremonies of the Zaum al-Tarwiyah, or the First Day
  • The ceremonies of the Zaum Arafat, or the Second Day
  • The ceremonies of the Zaum Nahr, or the Third Day
  • The three days of drying flesh
  • Life at Meccah, and Umrah, or the little pilgrimage
  • Places of pious visitation at Meccah
  • To Jeddah
  • Appendices
  • Index.

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