The hajj and Europe in the Age of Empire /

The present volume focuses on the political perceptions of the Hajj, its global religious appeal to Muslims, and the European struggle for influence and supremacy in the Muslim world in the age of pre-colonial and colonial empires. In the late fifteenth century and early sixteenth century, a pivotal...

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Other Authors: Ryad, Umar.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]

Series: Leiden Studies in Islam and Society 05.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2017, ISBN: 9789004325999.

Subjects:

Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages > Saudi Arabia > Mecca > History.

Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages > Europe.

Europeans > Saudi Arabia > Mecca.

Europe > Colonies > Administration.