Hajj : journey to the heart of Islam / edited by Venetia Porter, with M.A.S. Abdel Haleem ... [et al.]
Imprint
London : The British Museum Press, 2012
Descript
288 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 28 cm
CONTENT
Pilgrimage: why do they do it? / Karen Armstrong -- The importance of Hajj: spirit and rituals / M.A.S. Abdel Haleem -- Journey to Mecca: a history / Hugh Kennedy -- Journey to Mecca: a history (Part 2) / Robert Irwin -- Hajj after 1950 / Ziauddin Sardar -- The modern art of Hajj / Venetia Porter -- Textiles of the Mecca and Medina / Venetia Porter
SUBJECT
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Saudi Arabia -- Mecca -- Catalogs
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Saudi Arabia -- Mecca -- Exhibitions