Mecca: A Literary History of the Muslim Holy Land

by F.E. Peters

Book Overview

For the non-Muslim, Mecca is the most forbidden of Holy Cities--and yet, in many ways it is the best known. Muslim historians and geographers have studied it, and countless pilgrims and travelers--many of them European Christians in disguise--have left behind lively and well-publicized accounts of life in Mecca and its associated shrine-city of Medina, where the Prophet lies buried. The stories of all these figures, holy men and heathens alike,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691600848
• ISBN13: 9780691600840
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 520 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"