Records of the Hajj 10 Volume Hardback Set Including Boxed Maps and Other Printed Items: A Documentary History of the Pilgrimage to Mecca

This is a collection of primary documents tracing the pilgrimage to Mecca from the Hejira to modern times. The book contains eye-witness descriptions of Mecca by Azraqui, Ibn Jubair, Snouck Hourgronje and other authorities together with accounts of pilgrimages undertaken by Western explorers and adventurers including Ali Bey, Varthema, Burchardt and Sir Richard Burton. Detailed contemporary reports of key historical events such as the seizure of the Black Stone (968AD), the great flood (1575AD) and the assassination of Shambar in the Great Mosque by the Emir of Mecca (1827AD) are included. Origins of the pilgrim rites, the Holy Sanctuary before the birth of the Prophet Muhammad, maintenance and extension of the Great Mosque and movement and information about the accommodation of pilgrims, policing and security, quarantine and pilgrim taxes are included.