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The medieval and Ottoman Hajj route in Jordan : an archaeological and historical study /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Petersen, Andrew (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : [London] : Oxbow Books ; Council for British Research in the Levant, [2012]
Series:Levant supplementary series ; v. 12.
Subjects:
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages > Jordan > History.
Fortification > Jordan > History.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Jordan.
Jordan > Antiquities.
Fortifications > Jordanie > Histoire.
Jordanie > Antiquités.
Antiquities
Excavations (Archaeology)
Fortification
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages
Jordan
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Principal written sources
  • The medieval hajj route through Syria and Jordan
  • Early Ottoman Arabia and the Syrian hajj route
  • The Ottoman hajj route : motivation and ideology
  • Travelling on the Darb al-Hajj
  • Ottoman fortification in Palestine and Transjordan
  • The hajj route in Syria
  • Catalogue of hajj forts in Jordan
  • Catalogue of forts in Saudi Arabia
  • Arabic and Turkish inscriptions on the Darb al-Hajj
  • Excavations at Qalat Unaiza
  • Ceramics from at Qalat Unaiza and other hajj forts in Jordan
  • Finds from Qalat Unaiza and other Ottoman forts on the Darb al-Hajj.