Description
Drawing on rich documentation left by Ottoman administrators and on the accounts of contemporary pilgrims, Suraiya Faroqhi here sheds new light on the trials and experiences of everyday life for those undertaking the hajj.
About the Author
Suraiya Faroqhi is Professor of History at Istanbul Bilgi University and retired Professor of Ottoman Studies at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich. She is a renowned authority on Ottoman history and her previous publications include: The Ottoman Empire and the World Around It; Artisans of Empire: Crafts and Craftspeople Under the Ottomans and Subjects of the Sultan: Culture and Daily Life in the Ottoman Empire (all I.B.Tauris). She is also co-editor of the four-volume Cambridge History of Turkey (with Kate Fleet and Re?at Kasaba).
Reviews
"A must for scholars of the Hajj and the Ottoman Empire." John L. Meloy, American University of Beirut
Book Information
ISBN 9781780767710
Author Suraiya Faroqhi
Format Paperback
Page Count 264
Imprint I.B. Tauris
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 275g