Among the duties God imposes upon every Muslim capable of doing
so is a pilgrimage to the holy places in and around Mecca in
Arabia. Not only is it a religious ritual filled with blessings for
the millions who make the journey annually, but it is also a
social, political, and commercial experience that for centuries has
set in motion a flood of travelers across the world's continents.
Whatever its outcome--spiritual enrichment, cultural exchange,
financial gain or ruin--the road to Mecca has long been an
exhilarating human adventure. By collecting the firsthand accounts
of these travelers and shaping their experiences into a richly
detailed narrative, F. E. Peters here provides an unparalleled
literary history of the central ritual of Islam from its remote
pre-Islamic origins to the end of the Hashimite Kingdom of the
Hijaz in 1926.
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