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Mecca: The Sacred City
Mecca: The Sacred City
Author
Sardar, Ziauddin
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Publication Date
[2014]
Language
English
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Introduction: The lure of Mecca
The Valley of Weeping
'I love thee more than the entire world'
Rebellions at God's earthly throne
Sharifs, sultans, and sectarians
Love and fratricide in the Holy City
The caravans of precious gifts
The Wahhabi threat
Camels, Indians, and feudal queens
Western visitors, Arab garb
Mecca under the Saudis
The reconfigured utopia
Chronology.
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Subjects
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historia
History
Islam
Islam -- Saudi Arabia -- Mecca -- History
Mecca (Saudi Arabia)
Mecca (Saudi Arabia) -- History
Mekka
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Saudi Arabia -- Mecca
Muslimska pilgrimer och pilgrimsfärder
Saudi Arabia -- Mecca
Saudiarabien -- Mekka -- historia
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9781620402665
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