Author: Arthur John Byng WavellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arabian Peninsula
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
A Modern Pilgrim in Mecca and a Siege in Sanaa
Author: Arthur John Byng WavellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arabian Peninsula
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
A Modern Pilgrim in Mecca and a Siege in Sanaa
Author: Arthur John Byng WavellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Hajj
Author: F. E. PetersPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691225141
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 451
Book Description
Among the duties God imposes upon every Muslim capable of doing so is a pilgrimage to the holy places in and around Mecca in Arabia. Not only is it a religious ritual filled with blessings for the millions who make the journey annually, but it is also a social, political, and commercial experience that for centuries has set in motion a flood of travelers across the world's continents. Whatever its outcome--spiritual enrichment, cultural exchange, financial gain or ruin--the road to Mecca has long been an exhilarating human adventure. By collecting the firsthand accounts of these travelers and shaping their experiences into a richly detailed narrative, F. E. Peters here provides an unparalleled literary history of the central ritual of Islam from its remote pre-Islamic origins to the end of the Hashimite Kingdom of the Hijaz in 1926.
Desert Insurgency
Author: Nicholas J. SaundersPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0191030708
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
In the desert sands of southern Jordan lies a once-hidden conflict landscape along the Hejaz Railway. Built at the beginning of the twentieth-century, this narrow-gauge 1,320 km track stretched from Damascus to Medina and served to facilitate participation in the annual Muslim Hajj to Mecca. The discovery and archaeological investigation of an unknown landscape of insurgency and counter-insurgency along this route tells a different story of the origins of modern guerrilla warfare, the exploits of T. E. Lawrence, Emir Feisal, and Bedouin warriors, and the dramatic events of the Arab Revolt of 1916-18. Ten years of research in this prehistoric terrain has revealed sites lost for almost 100 years: vast campsites occupied by railway builders; Ottoman Turkish machine-gun redoubts; Rolls Royce Armoured Car raiding camps; an ephemeral Royal Air Force desert aerodrome; as well as the actual site of the Hallat Ammar railway ambush. This unique and richly illustrated account from Nicholas Saunders tells, in intimate detail, the story of a seminal episode of the First World War and the reshaping of the Middle East that followed.
Western Arabia and The Red Sea
Author: Naval Intelligence DivisionPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136209956
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 870
Book Description
First published in 2006. Produced during the Second World War for the use of commanding officers, this work is a complete guide to the lands of Western Arabia. Sections on geology, geography, the coasts, climate, vegetation, history, administration, people, public health, agriculture, economy, ports and towns offer readers a unique military perspective on this important region. Supplemented with hundreds of maps, photographs and figures, this book will be of great use to anyone with an interest in Arabia.
Selected List of Books
Author: Ontario Library AssociationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 774
Book Description
Plague, Quarantines and Geopolitics in the Ottoman Empire
Author: Birsen BulmusPublisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 0748646604
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
Did you know that many of the greatest and most colourful Ottoman statesmen and literary figures from the 15th to the early 20th century considered plague as a grave threat to their empire? And did you know that many Ottomans applauded the establishment of a quarantine against the disease in 1838 as a tool to resist British and French political and commercial penetration? Or that later Ottoman sanitation effort to prevent urban outbreaks would help engender the Arab revolt against the empire in 1916? Birsen Bulmus explores these facts in an engaging study of Ottoman plague treatise writers throughout their almost 600-year struggle with this epidemic disease. Along the way, she addresses the political, economic and social consequences of the methods they used to combat it.
Scottish Geographical Magazine
Author: The Scottish Geographical Magazine
Author: From Cairo to Baghdad
Author: James CantonPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0857735713
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Until the 1880s, British travellers to Arabia were for the most part wealthy dilettantes who could fund their travels from private means. With the advent of an Imperial presence in the region, as the British seized power in Egypt, the very nature of travel to the Middle East changed. Suddenly, ordinary men and women found themselves visiting the region as British influence increased. Missionaries, soldiers and spies as well as tourists and explorers started to visit the area, creating an ever bigger supply of writers, and market for their books. In a similar fashion, as the Empire receded in the wake of World War II, so did the whole tradition of Middle East travel writing. In this elegantly crafted book, James Canton examines over one hundred primary sources, from forgotten gems to the classics of T E Lawrence, Thesiger and Philby. He analyses the relationship between Empire and author, showing how the one influenced the other, leading to a vast array of texts that might never have been produced had it not been for the ambitions of Imperial Britain. This work makes for essential reading for all of those interested in the literature of Empire, travel writing and the Middle East.