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Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah

Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah

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Preface to the Memorial Edition

Word Count: 895    |    Released on: 18/11/2017

r the funeral had taken place, and I had settled in England, I

ique hero better known to his countrymen by his Works, which have hitherto not been sufficiently known, not extensively enough published, and issued perhaps at a prohibitive price. Viewing the long list of Works written by him between 1842 and 1890, many of which are still unpublished, I was almos

and collaborated with my husband in the traduction of Latin Classics for two years before he d

ons, and latest notes and corrections, as will form the most complete work; also

nce this "Memorial Edition" was arranged, and the Prospectus issued, I have parted with the Copyright of my husband's famous translation of the "Arabian Night

husband in his Arab costume, his monogram in Arabic, a

d's latest and most correct orthography of Arabic words, and has passed the sheets through the press. Following my husband's plan in "The Thousand Nights and a Night," he has put the accents on Arabic words only the first time of their appearance, to show how they ought to be; thinking it unnecessary to preserve throughout, what is an eyesore to the reader and a distress to the printer. So it is with Arabic books, - the accents are only pu

ilgrimage was accomplished. My husband had lived as a Dervish in Sind, which greatly helped him; and he studied every separate thing until he was master of it, even apprenticing himself to a blacksmith to learn how to make horse-shoes and to shoe his own horses. It meant living with his life in his hand, amongst the strangest and wildest companions, adopting their unfamiliar manners, living for nine mont

fe, he lived only for the benefit and for the welfare of England and of his countrymen, and of the Huma

May 24, 1893.

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Contents

Preface to the Memorial Edition Preface to the Third Edition Preface to the First Edition Dedication Part I Al-Misr Chapter I. To Alexandria Chapter II. I Leave Alexandria Chapter III. The Nile Steamboat - The "Little Asthmatic." Chapter IV. Life in the Wakalah Chapter V. The Ramazan Chapter VI. The Mosque Chapter VII. Preparations to Quit Cairo
Chapter VIII. From Cairo to Suez
Chapter IX. Suez
Chapter X. The Pilgrim Ship
Chapter XI. To Yambu'
Chapter XII. The Halt at Yambu'
Chapter XIII. From Yambu' to Bir Abbas
Chapter XIV. From Bir Abbas to Al-Madinah
Part II Al-Madinah Chapter XV
Chapter XVI. A Visit to the Prophet's Tomb
Chapter XVII
Chapter XVIII. Al-Madinah
Chapter XIX. A Ride to the Mosque of Kuba
Chapter XX. The Visitation of Hamzah's Tomb
Chapter XXI. The People of Al-Madinah
Chapter XXII. A Visit to the Saints' Cemetery
Chapter XXIII. The Damascus Caravan
Chapter XXIV. From Al-Madinah to Al-Suwayrkiyah
Chapter XXV. The Badawin of Al-Hijaz
Chapter XXVI. From Al-Suwayrkiyah to Meccah
Part III Meccah Chapter XXVII
Chapter XXVIII
Chapter XXIX. The Ceremonies of the Yaum Arafat, or the Second Day
Chapter XXX. The Ceremonies of the Yaum Nahr, or the Third Day
Chapter XXXI. The Three Days of Drying Flesh
Chapter XXXII. Life at Meccah, and Umrah, or the Little Pilgrimage
Chapter XXXIII. Places of Pious Visitation at Meccah
Chapter XXXIV. To Jeddah
Appendix I. Of Hajj, or Pilgrimage
Chapter I. - Of Pilgrimage
Chapter II. - Of Umrah, or the Little Pilgrimage
Chapter III. - Of Ziyarat, or the Visit to the Prophet's Tomb
Appendix II. The Bayt Ullah
Appendix III
Appendix IV
Chapter XI
Chapter XII
Chapter XIII
Chapter XIV
Chapter XV
Chapter XVII
Chapter XVIII
Chapter XX
Appendix V
Chapter VIII
Appendix VI. Giovanni Finati
Appendix VII. Notes on My Journey by A. Sprenger
Appendix VIII. The Meccah Pilgrimage
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