Overview

The triple themes of this book - migration, pilgrimage and travel in Islam - are as old as the religion itself. The Prophet Muhammad made his famous archetypal ""Hijra"" (migration) from Mecca to Medina in 622 AD, a year which became the Year 1 of the Muslim lunar calendar; the ""Hajj"" (pilgrimage) of Farewell enacted by the Prophet in 632 AD provided the paradigm for all future pilgrimages to the sacred Ka'ba in Mecca; while a much quoted hadith portrays the Founder of Islam counselling his followers that they should seek knowledge even as far as China. The concept of ""Rihla"" (travel) in search of knowledge thus became a primary motif in the lives of many medieval - and modern - Muslim scholars, jurists, collectors of tradition and, indeed, ordinary people. The editor is also author of ""A Popular Dictionary of Islam"".

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Author:   Ian Richard Netton
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.294kg
ISBN:  

9780700702435

ISBN 10:   0700702431
Pages:   212
Publication Date:   17 January 1995
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Migration (Hijra); Chapter 1 The Structure of Society in Preislamic Arabia and the Impact of the HIJRA:, A.M. Nasr; Chapter 2 Hijra and the Dissemination of Wahh?b? Doctrine in Saudi Arabia, Roger Webster; Pilgrimage.(?Hajj); Chapter 3 The?ajj in the Second Civil War, G.R. Hawting; Chapter 4 Effets Pervers Du ?ajj, D’Aprés Le Cas D’Al-Andalus, Dominique Urvoy; Travel (Ri?la); Chapter 5 Basic Structures and Signs of Alienation in the Ri?la of Ibn Jubayr, I.R. Netton; Chapter 6 International Migrations of Literate Muslims in the Later Middle Period:, Ross E. BA????, Dunn; Chapter 7 The Ri?la:, C.F. Beckingham; Chapter 8 Les ‘Détenus Arabes’ De Calvi, 1871–1903, Fanny Colonna; Chapter 9 The Pilgrim From Pest:, Lawrence I. Conrad; Chapter 10 Naj?b Ma?f?? in Search of the Ideal State:, R. El-Enany; Chapter 11 A Muslim Pilgrim’s Progress:, Fatma Moussa-Mahmoud;

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