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9780700702435

Golden Roads: Migration, Pilgrimage and Travel in Medieval and Modern Islam

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  • ISBN13:

    9780700702435

  • ISBN10:

    0700702431

  • Format: Nonspecific Binding
  • Copyright: 1995-01-17
  • Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon

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Summary

Essays on themes (migration, pilgrimage and travel) as old as Islam itself and integral in the development of a cosmopolitan Islamic social order embracing much of Africa and Eurasia.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Migration (Hijra)
The Structure of Society in Pre-Islamic Arabia and the Impact of the Hijra: A Traditional Archaeologyp. 3
Hijra and the Dissemination of Wahhabi Doctrine in Saudi Arabiap. 11
Pilgrimage (Hajj)
The Hajj in the Second Civil Warp. 31
Effets Pervers du Hajj, d'apres le Cas d'al-Andalusp. 43
Travel (Rihla)
Basic Structures and Signs of Alienation in the Rihla of Ibn Jubayrp. 57
International Migrations of Literate Muslims in the Later Middle Period: The Case of Ibn Battutap. 75
The Rihla: Fact or Fiction?p. 86
Les 'Detenus Arabes' de Calvi, 1871-1903p. 95
The Pilgrim from Pest: Goldziher's Study Tour to the Near East (1873-1874)p. 110
Najib Mahfuz in Search of the Ideal State: A Critique of his Rihlat Ibn Fattumap. 160
A Muslim Pilgrim's Progress: The Rihla of Ibn Fattumap. 167
Notes on Contributorsp. 182
Index of Personsp. 186
Index of Placesp. 190
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