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The Holy Cities of Arabia (Hardcover)
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The Holy Cities of Arabia (Hardcover)
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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. Rutter, living as a learned Muslim Arab in
a Makkan household, had a ringside seat as Riyadh imposed its writ
on Islam's holy cities. As striking as his account of life in
Makkah before modernization are his interviews with Ibn Saud, and
his journeys to al-Ta'if and to the City of the Prophet,
al-Madinah. The Holy Cities of Arabia proved to be its author's
only full-length work. After a brief career as a Middle East
traveller, Rutter lapsed into obscurity. This new edition aims to
revive a neglected masterpiece and to establish Rutter's
reputation. Little was known about him until now and the
introduction tells the story of his life for the first time,
assessing his talents as a travel writer and analysing his
significance as a British convert.
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