Hajj Travelogues: Texts and Contexts from the 12th Century until 1950

Author:   Richard van Leeuwen
Publisher:   Brill
Volume:   180
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9789004514027


Pages:   1076
Publication Date:   30 May 2024
Format:   Hardback
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In Hajj Travelogues: Texts and Contexts from the 12th Century until 1950 Richard van Leeuwen maps the corpus of hajj accounts from the Muslim world and Europe. The work outlines the main issues in a field of study which has largely been neglected. A large number of hajj travelogues are described as a textual type integrating religious discourse into the form of the journey. Special attention is given to their intertextual embedding in the broader discursive tradition of the hajj. Since the corpus is seen as dynamic and responsive to historical developments, the texts are situated in their historical context and the subsequent phases of globalisation. It is shown how in travelogues forms of religious subjectivity are constructed and expressed.

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Author:   Richard van Leeuwen
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   180
Weight:   0.001kg
ISBN:  

9789004514027


ISBN 10:   9004514023
Pages:   1076
Publication Date:   30 May 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   Not yet available   Availability explained
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Contents Acknowledgements and Remarks Maps Introduction part 1: From the Beginnings until 1800 1 The Formation of a Corpus  1 Questions of Genre  2 Intertextual Connections, Cultural and Historical Backgrounds  3 Intra-generic Coherence  4 Travellers and Their Readers  5 Transmission  6 Conclusion 2 Journeys  1 Conventions for Travelling  2 Trajectories and Caravans  3 The Sea Route from Asia  4 The Holy Places  5 Themes and Issues  6 Conclusion 3 Politics  1 The Hajj and Processes of Globalisation  2 The History and Organisation of the Hajj as a Political Issue  3 Accompanying a Moroccan Princess on Hajj  4 An Ottoman Perspective  5 A Moroccan Embassy  6 Mughal Perspectives  7 Political Themes and References  8 Conclusion 4 Religion  1 The Religious Framework  2 The Legal Framework  3 Reformers  4 Religious Frameworks 1: al-ʿAbdarī  5 Religious Frameworks 2: al-ʿAyyāshī  6 Scriptural and Legal Frameworks  7 Places for Visitation (mazārāt)  8 Rituals, Ceremonies, Feasts  9 Women  10 Scholarly Encounters  11 Books  12 Conclusion 5 The Spiritual Dimension  1 Sufism and the Hajj  2 Maghribī Pilgrims until the End of the 17th Century  3 ʿAbd al-Ghanī al-Nābulusī  4 Shāh Walī Allāh of Delhi  5 The Maghribī Tradition in the 18th Century  6 Conclusion 6 European Discourses  1 Travellers and Informants  2 Europeans in Mecca  3 Scholars  4 Polemicists  5 Conclusion part 2: 1800–1950 7 European Intrusions and the Impact of Modernity  1 Modernity and Reform  2 The Muslim World and the Spread of Modernity  3 Cultural Debates  4 European Discourses of the Hajj, 1800–1950  5 European Travellers to Mecca  6 The Second Wave of Saʿūdī-Wahhābī Insurgency  7 European Pilgrims to Mecca  8 The Hajj and European Scholarship  9 Conclusion 8 Continuity and Change  1 Issues of Genre  2 Autobiographies  3 Adab  4 Realism  5 Religion and Scholarship  6 Administrative Handbooks  7 Journals and Periodicals  8 Guides  9 Visual Material, Images, Photographs  10 Conclusion 9 Journeys  1 Itineraries  2 Modern Travel  3 Sanitary Arrangements  4 Bureaucratic Formalities  5 Conclusion 10 Politics  1 Ottoman Reforms  2 European Imperialism  3 Egypt  4 Troubles in the Hijaz  5 Political Visions  6 The Hijaz as a Place of Refuge and Immigration  7 Conclusion 11 Religion  1 Law and Theology  2 Religion and Politics: The Case of Rashīd Riḍā  3 Between Universalism and Diversity: The Islamic Congresses  4 ‘Modern’ Muslims  5 The Hajj and Political Militancy  6 Shīʿīs  7 Women on Hajj  8 Conclusion 12 The Spiritual Dimension  1 Sufism, Travellers, and Travelogues  2 Hajj Accounts as Sufi Texts  3 The Kattānī Shaykhs and Their Sufi Network  4 Conclusion Conclusion  1 Framing the Hajj as a Journey  2 Periodisation, Cultural Background, and Modernity  3 The Hajj and Spirituality Glossary Travelogues Bibliography Index

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Richard van Leeuwen (Ph.D 1991) was senior lecturer in Arabic and Islamic studies at the University of Amsterdam. He has many publications in the fields of Middle Eastern history, Islamic studies and Arabic literature. He also works as a translator of Arabic literature.

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