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Personal narrative of a pilgrimage to al-Madinah & Meccah

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Description: Posing as a wandering dervish, Burton gained admittance to the holy Kaabah and to the tomb of the prophet at Medina and participated in all the rituals of the Hadj (pilgrimage). A treasury of material on Arab life, beliefs, manners and morals, and much more. Volume One starts with the Preface to the Memorial Edition by his wife, Isabel Burton.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1964.
Call number: 635925
Creator: Burton, Richard Francis (1821-1890)(Opens in new tab)
ISBN: 0486212173; 9780486212173; 0486212181; 9780486212180
Provenance: Gift of Edwards Metcalf, 1992.
Dimensions: 22 cm

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