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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 Viewing the long list of Works written by him between 1842 and 1890, many of which are still unpublished, I was almos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

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