Mecca : the sacred city
By: Sardar, Ziauddin
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BookPublisher: London : Bloomsbury Pub., c2014.Description: xxxviii, 408 p. : ill., 16 pages of plates and map ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781408856727Subject(s): Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Saudi Arabia -- Mecca | Mecca (Saudi Arabia) -- History | Mecca (Saudi Arabia) -- Religious life and customs | Islam | Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages | Saudi Arabia -- Mecca
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| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 953.8 SA ME (Browse shelf) | Available | T0052114 |
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| 953.8 AR RI al-Riyāḍ : al-madīnah wa-al-ḥayāh = Ar-Riyadh : the city & the life / | 953.8 HO SA On Saudi Arabia : its people, past, religion, fault lines--- and future / | 953.8 LE AM An American woman's life in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | 953.8 SA ME Mecca : the sacred city | 953.8 TR CU Culture shock!. Saudi Arabia / | 953.8053 LA IN Inside the kingdom / | 953.8053 TR SI The siege of Mecca : the forgotten uprising in Islams holiest shrine and the birth of al Qaeda / |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-391) and index.
1. The Valley of Weeping -- 2. 'I Love Thee More Than the Entire World' -- 3. Rebellions at God's Earthly Throne -- 4. Sharifs, Sultans and Sectarians -- 5. Love and Fratricide in the Holy City -- 6. The Caravans of Precious Gifts -- 7. The Wahhabi Threat -- 8. Camels, Indians and Feudal Queens -- 9. Western Visitors, Arab Garb -- 10. Mecca Under the Saudis -- 11. The Reconfigured Utopia.