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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821141303321

Autore

Hurgronje C. Snouck (Christiaan Snouck), <1857-1936.>

Titolo

Mekka in the latter part of the 19th century : daily life, customs and learning, the Moslims of the East-Indian-archipelago / / by C. Snouck Hurgronje ; translated by J.H. Monahan ; with an introd. by Jan Just Witkam

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2007

ISBN

1-281-40089-0

9786611400897

90-474-1128-5

Edizione

[Slightly rev. 2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (348 p.)

Collana

Brill classics in Islam

Disciplina

309.1538

953.8

Soggetti

Mecca (Saudi Arabia) Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Photomechanical reprint of the 1931 ed., being a translation of v. 2 of the author's Mekka.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Part I. Daily Life In Mekka -- Part II. Family Life In Mekka -- Part III. Learning In Mekka -- Part IV. The Jâwah -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

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