Mecca : a literary history of the muslim holy land
Francis E. Peters (Author)
Muslim historians and geographers have studied Mecca, and pilgrims and travellers have left accounts of life in Mecca and its associated shrine-city of Medina, where the Prophet lies buried. Bringing together the stories of these figures, this book offers a literary portrait of the city's traditions and urban life and of the surrounding area.
Print Book, English, ©1994
Princeton University Press, Princeton (N.J.), ©1994
XXIII-473 p. -[20] p. de plates : illustrations, cartes, jaquette illustrations en coul. ; 25 cm
9780691032672, 069103267X
468351969
| List of Illustrations | |
| 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 Two Sanctuaries |
| Ch. VII | The Wars of the Kings |
| Ch. VIII | King and Caliph: The Sharifate of Husayn ibn Ali (1908-1925) |
| Chronology of Mecca and the Hajj | |
| Notes | |
| Works Cited | |
| Index Notes bibliogr. Bibliogr. p. 449-463. Index |