Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-M...

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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 3 of Burton's book vividly describes the pilgrims' journey from Medina to Mecca, with catering including coffee, rice and 'occasionally ... tough mutton and indigestible goat', crowded camp-sites and all-night prayers and singing. Finally he arrives at the Kaabah and witnesses the culminating ceremonies of the hajj.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2011
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781108042000
ISBN-10:	1108042007
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Burton, Richard Francis
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	216 x 140 x 28 mm
Von/Mit:	Richard Francis Burton
Erscheinungsdatum:	29.12.2011
Gewicht:	0,677 kg