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Mekka in the Latter Part of the 19th Century: Daily Life, Customs and Learning. the Moslims of the East-Indian Archipelago - Couverture rigide

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Snouck Hurgronje, C

 
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Synopsis

From 1884-1885, Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje stayed in Mecca. He became intimately acquainted with the daily life of the Meccans and the thousands of pilgrims from all over the world. This volume deals with social and family life, funeral customs and marriage. It is a unique insight in one the most important places in islamic culture.
With a new foreword by Jan Just Witkam

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À propos de l'auteur

Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje (1857-1936) was a Dutch scholar of Oriental cultures and languages. He visited Mecca in 1884-1885 as one of the first Western scholars of Oriental cultures. He wrote more than 1,400 papers in particular about the position of Islam in the Dutch East Indies and the colonial civil service and nationalism.

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