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Mecca : The Sacred City / Ziauddin Sardar.
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TextPublisher: New York : Bloomsbury, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: First U.S. editionDescription: xxxviii, 408 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 24 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781620402665 (hardcover); 1620402661 (hardcover); 9789384052959; 9384052957Subject(s): Mecca (Saudi Arabia) | Mecca (Saudi Arabia) -- History | Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Saudi Arabia -- Mecca | Islam -- Saudi Arabia -- Mecca -- History | Islam | Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages | Saudi Arabia -- Mecca | Muslimska pilgrimer och pilgrimsfärder | Islam | Saudiarabien -- Mekka -- historiaGenre/Form: History.DDC classification: 953.8 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Map -- Introduction: The lure of Mecca -- 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 -- Chronology.
"Sardar unravels the meaning and significance of Mecca. Tracing its history from its origins as a barren valley in the desert to its evolution as a trading town and sudden emergence as the religious center of a world empire, Sardar examines the religious struggles and rebellions in Mecca that have significantly shaped Muslim culture ... [in a] blend of history, reportage, and memoir."--Amazon.com.