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050 1 4 _aDS 248 .M4
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100 1 _aSardar, Ziauddin,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aMecca :
_bthe sacred city /
_cZiauddin Sardar.
250 _aFirst U.S. edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bBloomsbury,
_c2014.
264 4 _c�2014
300 _axxxviii, 408 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations (chiefly color), map ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
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336 _astill image
_bsti
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337 _aunmediated
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_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 373-391) and index.
505 0 _aMap -- Introduction: The lure of Mecca -- The Valley of Weeping -- "I love thee more than the entire world" -- Rebellion at God's earthly throne -- Sharifs, sultans, and sectarians -- Love and fratricide in the Holy City -- The caravans of precious gifts -- The Wahhabi threat -- Camels, Indians, and feudal queens -- Western visitors, Arab garb -- Mecca under the Saudis -- The reconfigured utopia -- Chronology -- Notes.
520 _a"Sardar unravels the meaning and significance of Mecca. Tracing its history from its origins as a barren valley in the desert to its evolution as a trading town and sudden emergence as the religious center of a world empire, Sardar examines the religious struggles and rebellions in Mecca that have significantly shaped Muslim culture ... [in a] blend of history, reportage, and memoir."--Amazon.com.
651 0 _aMecca (Saudi Arabia)
651 0 _aMecca (Saudi Arabia)
_xHistory.
650 0 _aMuslim pilgrims and pilgrimages
_zSaudi Arabia
_zMecca.
650 0 _aIslam
_zSaudi Arabia
_zMecca
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