John Lewis Burckhardt

Travels in Arabia - Volume 1

Herausgeber: Ouseley, William

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Detailed descriptions of the social, economic and political conditions of the cities of Mecca and Medina, first published in 1829.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 490
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. August 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 685g
• ISBN-13: 9781108022859
• ISBN-10: 1108022855
• Artikelnr.: 32469572

Inhaltsangabe

1. Arrival at Djidda
2. Route from Djidda to Tayf
3. Residence at Tayf
4. Journey to Mekka
5. Arrival at Mekka
6. Description at Mekka
7. Quarters of Mekka
8. Description of the Beitullah (or 'House of God'), the great Mosque at Mekka
9. Some historical notices concerning the Kaaba and the Temple of Mekka
10. Description of several other Holy Places visited by pilgraims at Mekka and in its neighbourhood
11. Remarks on the inhabitants of Mekka and Djidda
12. Government of Mekka
13. Climate and diseases of Mekka and Djidda
14. The Hadj or Pilgrimage.