Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah
Author: Sir Richard Francis Burton
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Published: 1855
Total Pages: 456
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Published: 1855
Total Pages: 456
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Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2023-02-27
Total Pages: 486
ISBN-13: 1666769355
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Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2017-04-09
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781545182765
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah - Volume 1 By Burton
Author: Sir Richard Francis Burton
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Published: 2006
Total Pages: 356
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Published: 1857
Total Pages: 470
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Richard Francis Burton (1821-90) was a British orientalist, soldier, spy, diplomat, and explorer best known for his travels in Arabia, Africa, and India. He was born in Torquay, on the southern coast of England, and was raised in France and Italy. It was there that he began to show his exceptional talent with languages by learning Latin, Greek, Italian, and French before he was 20. After two years at Oxford, he was dismissed on disciplinary grounds. He went on to join the British Army in India, where he served as an intelligence officer. Disguised as a Pashtun Muslim and supported by the Royal Geographical Society, in 1853 Burton undertook a hajj journey to the two Muslim holy cities of Mecca and Medina. His two-volume Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to el Medinah and Meccah recounts that journey. Burton spent years in preparation, mostly during his time in India. The journey first took him from England to Alexandria in Egypt, and further to Cairo, Suez, and Yanbu. From there he travelled to Medina and Mecca. Although Burton was not the first non-Muslim to perform the hajj, the accuracy of his well-documented account, including his measurements of the Kaaba in Mecca and his Victorian-era observations on Muslims (especially his copious notes on manners), brought him immediate fame. Burton begins the first volume of his work with a famed line of verse on cavalierism by the Arab poet al-Mutanabbi (915-65 AD): "I am well known to the night, the steeds, and the desert / the sword and [the guest], the paper and the pen." A controversial figure during his lifetime and a prolific writer and translator, Burton left behind 43 volumes of writing on his journeys and 30 volumes of translations, including of sensual books such the Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana, The Perfumed Garden of the Cheikh Nefzaoui, and the Arabian Nights. He died in Trieste, in what was then Austria-Hungary.
Author: Sir Richard Francis Burton
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Published: 2023-07-18
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781019773895
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book is an account of a journey to the holy cities of Islam, Al-Madinah and Meccah, by Richard Francis Burton and his wife Isabel. The author vividly describes the geography, culture, customs, and rituals of the region. He also reveals the dangers, deceptions, and difficulties encountered on the journey. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: Sir Richard Francis Burton
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Published: 2003
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Publisher: Legare Street Press
Published: 2023-07-18
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781020070167
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Richard Francis Burton's firsthand account of his pilgrimage to Mecca is a classic of travel literature. He details the challenges he faced as a non-Muslim attempting to visit the holiest sites in Islam, and his insights into the culture and society of the region are still relevant today. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: Burton
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: 2023-08
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ISBN-13: 9789357727785
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah - Volume 1, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.
Author: Richard Burton
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2013-04-15
Total Pages: 482
ISBN-13: 048612309X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Posing as a wandering dervish, Burton gained admittance to the holy Kaabah and to the tomb of the prophet at Medina and participated in all the rituals of the Hadj (pilgrimage).