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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.

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Book category Books in English Humanities Religion & beliefs Aspects of religion (non-Christian)

• Full title: Hajj
• Author: F. E. Peters
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 430
• EAN: 9780691026190
• ISBN: 069102619X
• ID: 04639624
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Weight: 652 g
• Dimensions: 254 × 197 × 26 mm
• Date of publishing: 11. January 1996

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