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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewHonorable Mention for the 1994 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Sociology and Anthropology, Association of American Publishers "Full of informative detail, and with substantial notes and bibliography, [Peters'] work is a true scholar's guidebook to further study."--Library Journal "[F. E.] Peters ... has constructed an entertaining and highly informative record of the vicissitudes of Mecca and Medina throughout the ages."--J. B. Kelly, National Review "The author ... has sought to assemble, arrange, and explain the accounts of Muslims as well as non-Muslims--from sincere to fraudulent--about the Holy Land... F. E. Peters has definitely succeeded in accomplishing his goal... [He] has definitely done an outstanding job of explaining the accounts of various travelers to the Holy Land."--The Historian
Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsMecca and Medina in Early Photo DocumentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionMapsCh. IA Speculative History of Mecca in the Age of Ignorance3Ch. IIMuhammad: Medina and After57Ch. IIIBuilding the Holy Land107Ch. IVCaught in the Spice Chain: Europe and the Hijaz155Ch. VThe Ottoman Hijaz198Ch. VIThe Two Sanctuaries246Ch. VIIThe Wars of the Kings295Ch. VIIIKing and Caliph: The Sharifate of Husayn ibn Ali (1908-1925)346Chronology of Mecca and the Hajj399Notes415Works Cited449Index465
