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The Holy Cities of Arabia
Eldon Rutter
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Description for The Holy Cities of Arabia
Hardcover. FEW BRITISH EXPLORERS IN ARABIA have produced books whose importance as travelogues is trans-cended by their literary quality. One such is The Holy Cities of Arabia, published to critical acclaim in 1928, with its author hailed as a worthy successor to Burckhardt, Burton and Doughty. Num Pages: 592 pages, 10 maps, 36 black/white photographs. BIC Classification: 1FBX; HRHC; HRHT; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 185 x 254 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1372.
FEW BRITISH EXPLORERS IN ARABIA have produced books whose importance as travelogues is trans-cended by their literary quality. One such is The Holy Cities of Arabia, published to critical acclaim in 1928, with its author hailed as a worthy successor to Burckhardt, Burton and Doughty. Unrivalled among works by Western travellers to Islam’s holy cities, this account of a pilgrimage to Makkah in 1925–26 is made all the more remark-able by its author’s timing. In 1925 `Abd al-`Aziz Ibn Saud brought to an end centuries of rule over the Hijaz by the Hashimite sharifs and their Ottoman overlords. ... Read more
FEW BRITISH EXPLORERS IN ARABIA have produced books whose importance as travelogues is trans-cended by their literary quality. One such is The Holy Cities of Arabia, published to critical acclaim in 1928, with its author hailed as a worthy successor to Burckhardt, Burton and Doughty. Unrivalled among works by Western travellers to Islam’s holy cities, this account of a pilgrimage to Makkah in 1925–26 is made all the more remark-able by its author’s timing. In 1925 `Abd al-`Aziz Ibn Saud brought to an end centuries of rule over the Hijaz by the Hashimite sharifs and their Ottoman overlords. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Arabian Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
1372g
Number of Pages
592
Place of Publication
Surbiton, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780992980825
SKU
V9780992980825
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About Eldon Rutter
Born in London in 1894, Rutter’s first taste of the Muslim world came during the First World War, when he served as a trooper at Gallipoli and in Egypt and Palestine. Having converted to Islam in Malaya, he spent 1924–25 in Egypt preparing for the Hajj, immersing himself in Muslim life, law and history and becoming so fluent in Arabic ... Read more
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