Imperial Mecca: Ottoman Arabia and the Indian Ocean Hajj [Illustrated] 023119076X, 9780231190763

With the advent of the steamship, repeated outbreaks of cholera marked oceanic pilgrimages to Mecca as a dangerous form

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Imperial Mecca: Ottoman Arabia and the Indian Ocean Hajj [Illustrated]
023119076X, 9780231190763

Michael Christopher Low analyzes the late Ottoman hajj and Hijaz region as transimperial spaces, reshaped by the competi

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In the late nineteenth century, as a consequence of imperial conquest and a mobility revolution, Russia became a crossro

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Among the duties God imposes upon every Muslim capable of doing so is a pilgrimage to the holy places in and around Mecc

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Among the duties God imposes upon every Muslim capable of doing so is a pilgrimage to the holy places in and around Mecc

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Among the duties God imposes upon every Muslim capable of doing so is a pilgrimage to the holy places in and around Mecc

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A transregional history of Muslim community in the British Empire The webs, nodes and networks created by Britain’s Ind

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE JANE GRIGSON TRUST AWARD 2019 'The Island Kitchen has lifted my spirits and made me hungry and

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An innovative remapping of empire, Imperial Connections offers a broad-ranging view of the workings of the British Empir

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The battle of Actium waged in 31 BC and the annexation of Egypt in 30 BC to the Roman Empire opened up avenues for incre

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