Travels in Arabia - Comprehending an Account of those Territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as Sacred

List of contents

Chapter 1 TRAVELS IN THE HEDJAZ OF ARABIA.; Chapter 2 ROUTE FROM DJIDDA TO TAYF.; Chapter 3 RESIDENCE AT TAYF; Chapter 4 DESCRIPTION OF MEKKA.; Chapter 5 QUARTERS OF MEKKA.; Chapter 6 DESCRIPTION OF THE BEITULLAH, OR GREAT MOSQUE, AT MEKKA.; Chapter 7 SOME HISTORICAL NOTICES CONCERNING THE KAABA, AND THE TEMPLE OF MEKKA; Chapter 8 DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL OTHER HOLY PLACES; Chapter 9 REMARKS ON THE INHABITANTS OF MEKKA AND DJIDDA.; Chapter 10 GOVERNMENT OF MEKKA.; Chapter 11 CLIMATE AND DISEASES OF MEKKA AND DJIDDA; Chapter 12 THE HADJ, OR PILGRIMAGE; Chapter 13 JOURNEY FROM MEKKA TO MEDINA.; Chapter 14 MEDINA.; Chapter 15 DESCRIPTION OF MEDINA.; Chapter 16 ACCOUNT OF SOME PLACES OF ZXARA,; Chapter 17 ON THE INHABITANTS OF MEDINA.; Chapter 18 ON THE GOVERNMENT OF MEDINA.; Chapter 19 CLIMATE AND DISEASES OF MEDINA.; Chapter 20 JOURNEY FROM MEDINA TO YEMBO.; Chapter 21 YEMBO.; Chapter 22 FROM YEMBO TO CAIRO;

About the author

John Lewis Burckhardt

Summary

This volume contains an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred and forms the second of a selection of works under the Islam and the Muslim World series. The first edition was in 1829 after the authors works on his travels in Nubia and Syria.

Product details

• Authors: John Lewis Burckhardt, Burckhardt John Lewis
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.06.1968
• EAN: 9780714619828
• ISBN: 978-0-7146-1982-8
• No. of pages: 512
• Weight: 1110 g
• Subjects: Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales; Islam, HISTORY / Middle East / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Middle East, Religion: general, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies