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

ISBN-13: 9780714619828 / Angielski / Twarda / 1968 / 478 str.

John Lewis Burckhardt

Opis

First Published in 1968. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Spis treści

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;

O autorze

John Lewis Burckhardt