Mecca : a literary history of the Muslim Holy Land / F.E. Peters.
Mecca : a literary history of the Muslim Holy Land / F.E. Peters.
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Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1994.
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N953.8/12
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English
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xxiii, 473 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Contents
Mecca and Medina in Early Photo Documents / C. E. S. Gavin -- Ch. I. A Speculative History of Mecca in the Age of Ignorance -- Ch. II. Muhammad: Medina and After -- Ch. III. Building the Holy Land -- Ch. IV. Caught in the Spice Chain: Europe and the Hijaz -- Ch. V. The Ottoman Hijaz -- Ch. VI. The T...
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Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1994.
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New Jersey
Date Published
c1994.
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Summary
For the non-Muslim, Mecca is the most forbidden of Holy Cities - and yet, in many ways it is the best known. Muslim historians and geographers have studied it, and countless pilgrims and travelers - many of them European Christians in disguise - have left behind lively and well-publicized accounts of life in Mecca and its associated shrine-city of...
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Mecca : a literary history of the Muslim Holy Land / F.E. Peters.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [449]-463) and index.
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c1994.
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N953.8/12
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069103267X (acid-free paper) :
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953.8
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991023075179702626
