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Pilgrims and sultans : the Hajj under the Ottomans, 1517-1683 / Suraiya Faroqhi.

By: Faroqhi, Suraiya, 1941-Material type: TextTextPublication details: London ; New York : New York : Tauris ; St. Martin's [distributor], 1994. Description: xi, 244 p. : map ; 22 cmISBN: 1850436061Subject(s): Osmanen | 1500-1699 | Geschichte 1517-1683 | Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Saudi Arabia -- Mecca -- History -- 16th century | Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Saudi Arabia -- Mecca -- History -- 17th century | Islam PilgrimagesGenre/Form: HistoryDDC classification: 297.55 LOC classification: BP181 | .F37 1994
Contents:
1. The Pilgrimage to Mecca in Pre-Ottoman Times -- 2. Caravan Routes -- 3. Caravan Security -- 4. The Finances of the Holy Cities -- 5. In Praise of Ruler and Religion: Public Buildings in Mecca and Medina -- 6. The Pilgrimage as a Matter of Foreign Policy -- 7. The Pilgrimage in Economic and Political Contexts.
Summary: The pilgrimage to Mecca - the hajj - is a major aspect of the Islamic religion, yet little has been written about its history or of the conditions under which thousands of pilgrims from far-flung regions of the Islamic world were able to travel to the heart of the Arabian peninsula. This pioneering book concentrates on the pilgrimage in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, when Mecca was ruled by the Ottoman sultans.Summary: At a time when, for the majority of the faithful, the journey was long, arduous and fraught with danger, the provision of food, water, shelter and protection for pilgrims presented a major challenge to the provincial governors of the vast Ottoman Empire. Drawing on rich documentation left by Ottoman administrators, and on the accounts of contemporary pilgrims, Suraiya Faroqhi deals with such major issues as the financing of the pilgrimage and the political problems it posed.Summary: . Above all, this book focuses on the experience of everyday life for those involved in the hajj. Into her account Faroqhi weaves stories of merchants lending to caravan commanders and then struggling to get their money back, of officials confronting the complaints of irate pilgrims robbed in the desert, and of provincial governors coping with recalcitrant Bedouin tribes and even more intractable subordinates.Summary: Pilgrims and Sultans makes a unique contribution to the social and political history of the Middle East.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-235) and index.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-235) and index.

1. The Pilgrimage to Mecca in Pre-Ottoman Times -- 2. Caravan Routes -- 3. Caravan Security -- 4. The Finances of the Holy Cities -- 5. In Praise of Ruler and Religion: Public Buildings in Mecca and Medina -- 6. The Pilgrimage as a Matter of Foreign Policy -- 7. The Pilgrimage in Economic and Political Contexts.

The pilgrimage to Mecca - the hajj - is a major aspect of the Islamic religion, yet little has been written about its history or of the conditions under which thousands of pilgrims from far-flung regions of the Islamic world were able to travel to the heart of the Arabian peninsula. This pioneering book concentrates on the pilgrimage in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, when Mecca was ruled by the Ottoman sultans.

At a time when, for the majority of the faithful, the journey was long, arduous and fraught with danger, the provision of food, water, shelter and protection for pilgrims presented a major challenge to the provincial governors of the vast Ottoman Empire. Drawing on rich documentation left by Ottoman administrators, and on the accounts of contemporary pilgrims, Suraiya Faroqhi deals with such major issues as the financing of the pilgrimage and the political problems it posed.

. Above all, this book focuses on the experience of everyday life for those involved in the hajj. Into her account Faroqhi weaves stories of merchants lending to caravan commanders and then struggling to get their money back, of officials confronting the complaints of irate pilgrims robbed in the desert, and of provincial governors coping with recalcitrant Bedouin tribes and even more intractable subordinates.

Pilgrims and Sultans makes a unique contribution to the social and political history of the Middle East.