Russian Hajj

In the late nineteenth century, as a consequence of imperial conquest and a mobility revolution, Russia became a crossroads of the hajj, the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca. The first book in any language on the hajj under tsarist and Soviet rule, Russian Hajj tells the story of how tsarist offici...

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Main Author:	Kane, Eileen (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cornell University Press 2015
Subjects:	Mecca, hajj, pilgrimage, Russia, Colonialism, Arab world thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history
Online Access:	Open access – download the full text (archived at NCDS Library)
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