Mecca : the sacred city
Sardar, Ziauddin2014
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Mecca is the heart of Islam. It is the birthplace of Muhammad, the direction towards which Muslims turn when they pray and the site of pilgrimage which annually draws some three million Muslims from all corners of the world.
Main title:
Mecca : the sacred city / by Ziauddin Sardar
Author:
Imprint:
London Bloomsbury 2014
Collation:
408 pages colour illustrations map
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-391) and index.
Contents:
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
ISBN:
9781408856727 (pbk)
Dewey class:
297.352 MEC
Local class:
297.352
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
94602
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 297.352 MEC | pbk.Available |
| St Marys | Nonfiction | 297.352 MEC | pbk.Available |