The medieval and Ottoman hajj route in Jordan : an archaeological and historical study /

The medieval and Ottoman hajj route in Jordan : an archaeological and historical study /

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Main Author: Petersen, Andrew (Author)

Corporate Author: Council for British Research in the Levant.

Other Authors: Diboll, Michael.

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Oxford ; Oakville [Conn.] : [London] : Oxbow Books ; Council for British Research in the Levant, c2012.

Series: Levant supplementary series ; 12.
LSS ; 12.

Subjects:

Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages > Jordan > History.
Fortification > Jordan > History.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Jordan.
Jordan > Antiquities.

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Call Number: DS111 .A1 L41 v.12

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Table of Contents:
  • Principal written sources
  • The medieval hajj route through Syria and Jordan
  • Early Ottoman Arabia and the Syrian hajj route
  • The Ottoman hajj route : motivation and ideology
  • Travelling on the Darb al-Hajj
  • Ottoman fortification in Palestine and Transjordan
  • The hajj route in Syria
  • Catalogue of hajj forts in Jordan
  • Catalogue of forts in Saudi Arabia
  • Arabic and Turkish inscriptions on the Darb al-Hajj
  • Excavations at Qalat Unaiza
  • Ceramics from at Qalat Unaiza and other hajj forts in Jordan
  • Finds from Qalat Unaiza and other Ottoman forts on the Darb al-Hajj.