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Pilgrimage to Mecca: The Indian Experience, 1500-1800 Hardcover – Illustrated, January 1, 1996

by M. N. Pearson (Author)
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For over a thousand years, tens and sometimes hundreds of thousands of Muslim Indians have been making the pilgrimage to Mecca, the hajj, year after year. In the early modern period a route over the Indian Ocean was followed, producing an entanglement of politics, trade, and religion. Mughal rulers financed the hajj for their subjects and also used it to send rebellious wives and scholars into exile; the Portuguese navy pirated pilgrim and merchant vessels bound for Mecca, killing passengers and crew members, taking hostages, and robbing and extorting transfer permits to Mecca, all in the name of Christianity. Sunni pilgrims from India using the land route were also harassed by Shiite rulers in Persia, but Mameluks and Ottomans tried to protect pilgrim caravans from predatory Bedouins. In Mecca "donations" were demanded by some sharifs, local merchants excluded "infidels" from trade, and pilgrims tried to earn money by selling off wares from home.
It is against this backdrop that Pearson explores the hajj from Mughal India. He discusses the religious motivation and actual experience of those who undertook it, and closely analyzes the political and economic dimensions of the pilgrimage. This groundbreaking book reveals the vital importance of the hajj for Islamic and world history, as well as that of the Indian Ocean.
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    272 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Markus Wiener Pub
  4. Publication date
    January 1, 1996
  5. Dimensions
    6.5 x 1 x 9.75 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    155876089X
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1558760899
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Markus Wiener Pub; Illustrated edition (January 1, 1996)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 155876089X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1558760899
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.28 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.5 x 1 x 9.75 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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"One wishes that all religions of the east had such sympathetic farangis."

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