{"product_id":"personal-narrative-of-a-pilgrimage-to-el-medinah-and-meccah-paperback-9781108041980","title":"Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108041980","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePersonal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA vivid account of the hajj in 1853, by a British explorer who travelled to Mecca disguised as a pilgrim.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRichard Francis Burton (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108041980, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 29 December 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e418 pages, 1 b\/w illus.  2 colour illus.  1 map\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.4 cm, 0.53 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe 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 1 of Burton's book describes his arrival in Egypt, the weeks he spent in Alexandria and Cairo polishing his linguistic and cultural skills, and how, at the end of Ramadan, he travelled to Suez by camel, and from there by boat to Yanbu al-Bahr.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. To Alexandria\u003cbr\u003e 2. I leave Alexandria\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Nile steam boat\u003cbr\u003e 4. Life in the Wakálah\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Ramazán\u003cbr\u003e 6. The mosque\u003cbr\u003e 7. Preparations to quit Cairo\u003cbr\u003e 8. From Cairo to Suez\u003cbr\u003e 9. Suez\u003cbr\u003e 10. The pilgrim ship\u003cbr\u003e 11. To Yambu\u003cbr\u003e 12. The halt at Yambu\u003cbr\u003e 13. From Yambu to Bir Abbas.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Middle Eastern history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Middle Eastern history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Middle%20Eastern%20history%20%5BHBJF1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJF1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45912959877400,"sku":"9781108041980","price":33.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108041980i.jpg?v=1696746530","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/personal-narrative-of-a-pilgrimage-to-el-medinah-and-meccah-paperback-9781108041980","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}