Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah
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- Author: Richard Francis Burton
- Date Published: December 2011
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- isbn: 9781108042017
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The British explorer Sir Richard F. Burton (1821–90) was a colourful and often controversial character. A talented linguist and keen ethnologist, he worked in India during the 1840s as an interpreter and intelligence officer for General Sir Charles Napier, and published several books about his experiences in 1851–2. He first gained celebrity, however, for his adventurous 1853 trip to Mecca, under the disguise of a pilgrim, which is described in this lively three-volume publication (1855–6). Few Europeans had ever visited the Muslim holy places; one of them was John Lewis Burckhardt, whose 1829 account is also reissued in this series. Volume 1 describes Burton's preparations in Egypt, Volume 2 his journey to Medina, and Volume 3 his eventual arrival in Mecca and the culminating rituals of the hajj. The book vividly evokes the heat, crowds, noise, excitement and dangers of the pilgrimage.
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- Date Published: December 2011
- format: Multiple copy pack
- isbn: 9781108042017
- length: 1348 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 140 x 77 mm
- weight: 1.84kg
- availability: Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC
Table of Contents
Volume 1: Preface
1. To Alexandria
2. I leave Alexandria
3. The Nile steam boat
4. Life in the Wakálah
5. The Ramazán
6. The mosque
7. Preparations to quit Cairo
8. From Cairo to Suez
9. Suez
10. The pilgrim ship
11. To Yambu
12. The halt at Yambu
13. From Yambu to Bir Abbas. Volume 2:
14. From Bir Abbas to El Medinah
15. Through the suburb of El Medinah to Hamid's house
16. A visit to the Prophet's tomb
17. An essay towards the history of the Prophet's mosque
18. El Medinah
19. A ride to the mosque of Kuba
20. The visitation of Hamzah's tomb
21. The people of El Medinah
22. A visit to the Saints' cemetery
Postscript
Appendix. Volume 3:
23. From El Medinah to El Suwayrkiyah
24. The Bedouins of El Hejaz
25. From El Suwayrkiyah to Meccah
26. The Bait Ullah
27. The first visit to the House of Allah
28. Of Hajj, or pilgrimage
29. The ceremonies of the Yaum el Tarwiyah
30. The ceremonies of the Day of Arafat
31. The ceremonies of the Day of Victims
32. The Days of Drying Flesh
33. Life at Meccah, and the Little Pilgrimage
34. Places of pious visitation at Meccah
35. Jeddah
Index.
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