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Hajj : journey to the heart of Islam / edited by Venetia Porter, with M.A.S. Abdel Haleem ... [et al.].

Title
Hajj : journey to the heart of Islam / edited by Venetia Porter, with M.A.S. Abdel Haleem ... [et al.].
Publication
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.

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Additional Authors
  • Abdel Haleem, M. A.
  • Porter, Venetia.
Description
288 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps; 28 cm.
Subjects
Note
  • "This publication accompanies the exhibition Hajj: journey to the heart of Islam at the British Museum from 26 January to 15 April 2012."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
List of contributors -- List of lenders -- Sponsor's foreword -- Director's foreword -- Preface and acknowledgements -- Chronology -- Introduction -- 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 -- Textiles of the Ka'ba / Venetia Porter -- Notes -- Bibliography -- List of Exhibits -- Illustration Acknowledgements -- Index.
ISBN
  • 9780674062184 (cloth)
  • 0674062183 (cloth)
LCCN
2011045674
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries