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Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah (Paperback)
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Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah (Paperback)
Series: Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah 3 Volume Set, Volume 3
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The British explorer Sir Richard F. Burton (1821-90) was a
colourful and often controversial character. A talented linguist
and keen ethnologist, he worked in India during the 1840s as an
interpreter and intelligence officer for General Sir Charles
Napier, and published several books about his experiences in
1851-2. He first gained celebrity, however, for his adventurous
1853 trip to Mecca, under the disguise of a pilgrim, which is
described in this lively three-volume publication (1855-6). Few
Europeans had ever visited the Muslim holy places; one of them was
John Lewis Burckhardt, whose 1829 account is also reissued in this
series. Volume 3 of Burton's book vividly describes the pilgrims'
journey from Medina to Mecca, with catering including coffee, rice
and 'occasionally ... tough mutton and indigestible goat', crowded
camp-sites and all-night prayers and singing. Finally he arrives at
the Kaabah and witnesses the culminating ceremonies of the hajj.
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