The British Empire and the Hajj, 1865-1956 /
John Slight.
- 440 pages ; 25 cm
Includes index.
Contexts -- Pilgrimage in the mid-Victorian era, c. 1865-1900 -- Pilgrimage in the Edwardian era, 1901-1914 -- The first world war and the Hashemite interregnum, 1914-1924 -- Britain and the Hajj under Saudi control, 1924-1939 -- Hajj from the far ends of Britain's Muslim empire, 1924-1939 -- Hajj in the time of war and decolonization, 1939-1956.
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