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From 1884-1885, Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje stayed in Mecca. He became intimately acquainted with the daily life of the Meccans and the thousands of pilgrims from all over the world. This volume deals with social and family life, funeral customs and marriage. It is a unique insight in one the most important places in islamic culture. With a new foreword by Jan Just Witkam
Civilization, Islamic. --- Islamic Empire -- Civilization. --- Islamic Empire -- Religious life and customs. --- Mecca (Saudi Arabia) -- Social life and customs. --- Middle East --- Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East --- History & Archaeology --- Mecca (Saudi Arabia) --- Social life and customs. --- Makkah (Saudi Arabia) --- Mekka (Saudi Arabia) --- Umm al-Qurá (Saudi Arabia) --- Mecque (Saudi Arabia) --- Makka (Saudi Arabia) --- Macoraba (Saudi Arabia) --- Makkah al-Mukarramah (Saudi Arabia) --- Meca (Saudi Arabia) --- Dagelijks leven. --- Hadj. --- Islamieten. --- Volksgebruiken. --- Wetenschap. --- Indonesië. --- Mekka.
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En 1905, l’administrateur colonial Paul Gillotte est chargé par le gouverneur général de l’Algérie d’accompagner des pèlerins algériens jusqu’à Djeddah, le port de La Mecque. Dans le rapport qu’il rédige à cette occasion, l’administrateur consigne soigneusement tous les événements intervenus à bord, à l’aller comme au retour. Mais, bien plus qu’un simple journal, Gillotte nous a laissé un véritable reportage sur l’organisation du pèlerinage à La Mecque à l’époque ottomane. Il consulte la presse, les archives du consulat de France, interroge des témoins, rencontre des personnalités locales. Avec l’opiniâtreté d’un grand reporter, Gillotte entend jeter la lumière sur ce qu’il appelle les « dessous du pèlerinage » : spéculations sur le prix de l’eau, trafic de billets retours, corruption des autorités locales… Le portrait qu’il dresse de l’Empire ottoman finissant est sans concession et sa description très personnelle du pèlerinage à La Mecque révélatrice de la mentalité coloniale de l’époque. Pendant la traversée et lors de son séjour au Hedjaz, Gillotte a également pris un centaine de photographies – reproduites dans cet ouvrage – qui constituent un témoignage précieux sur l’histoire du pèlerinage à La Mecque et les circulations en Méditerranée et en mer Rouge au début du XXe siècle.
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages --- French --- Frenchmen (French people) --- Ethnology --- Islamic pilgrims and pilgrimages --- Pilgrims and pilgrimages, Muslim --- Muslim travelers --- Pilgrims and pilgrimages --- History --- Travel --- Mecca (Saudi Arabia) --- Description and travel. --- Makkah (Saudi Arabia) --- Mekka (Saudi Arabia) --- Umm al-Qurá (Saudi Arabia) --- Mecque (Saudi Arabia) --- Makka (Saudi Arabia) --- Macoraba (Saudi Arabia) --- Makkah al-Mukarramah (Saudi Arabia) --- Meca (Saudi Arabia) --- Algérie --- pèlerinage --- La Mecque --- époque ottomane --- reportage
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The figure of the eunuch in non-Western cultures has long been an object of mystery and mystification to the West. The aim of this study is to go beyond sensationalism and stereotypes, to offer a sensitive reconstruction of the historical role of the eunuch in Islam.
Eunuchs --- Men --- History. --- Cairo (Egypt) --- Mecca (Saudi Arabia) --- Medina (Saudi Arabia) --- Madīnah (Saudi Arabia) --- Medinat an Nabi (Saudi Arabia) --- Medinat Rasul Allah (Saudi Arabia) --- Médine (Saudi Arabia) --- Madīnah al-Munawwarah (Saudi Arabia) --- Ṭābah (Saudi Arabia) --- Taiba (Saudi Arabia) --- Ṭaybah (Saudi Arabia) --- Makkah (Saudi Arabia) --- Mekka (Saudi Arabia) --- Umm al-Qurá (Saudi Arabia) --- Mecque (Saudi Arabia) --- Makka (Saudi Arabia) --- Macoraba (Saudi Arabia) --- Makkah al-Mukarramah (Saudi Arabia) --- Meca (Saudi Arabia) --- Kairo (Egypt) --- Kair (Egypt) --- Qāhirah (Egypt) --- Kahirah (Egypt) --- Caire (Egypt) --- Le Caire (Egypt) --- Ḳahir (Egypt) --- القاهرة (Egypt) --- al-Qāhirah (Egypt) --- القاهرة (مصر) --- al-Qāhirah (Miṣr) --- قاهرة (Egypt) --- O Caire (Egypt) --- Lo Cayiro (Egypt) --- Lo Quèro (Egypt) --- Каир (Egypt) --- Qahirä (Egypt) --- Горад Каір (Egypt) --- Horad Kair (Egypt) --- Каір (Egypt) --- Кайро (Egypt) --- El Caire (Egypt) --- Káhira (Egypt) --- Κάιρο (Egypt) --- El Cairo (Egypt) --- El Cairu (Egypt) --- Keiro (Egypt) --- Caireo (Egypt) --- O Cairo (Egypt) --- 카이로 (Egypt) --- Il Cairo (Egypt) --- קהיר (Egypt) --- Social life and customs. --- Religious life and customs.
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