This title presents one of the earliest visual records of the Hajj and the holy cities of Mecca and Medina. The diaries of Mohammed Ali Effendi Sa'oudi, a civil servant and accomplished photographer, offer a rare glimpse of the Hajj through Egyptian eyes at the beginning of the twentieth century when the Ottoman Empire was on the wane and the advance of the Hijaz railway threatened to upset vested interests in the old pattern of pilgrimage. Sa'oudi twice accompanied the Amir al-Hajj, Ibrahim Rif'at Pasha, attached to the official Egyptian caravan. His story of these journeys combines the thoughts of a devout Muslim with fine detail on the hardships and health hazards facing pilgrims, the high-level intrigues, and the ever-present dangers of taking photographs. The authors have compressed the diaries into a highly readable narrative with selected quotations, lavishly illustrated with Sa'oudi's remarkable photographs.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
ISBN-13
9789774162909
eBay Product ID (ePID)
94707945
Product Key Features
Book Title
A Photographer on the Hajj: the Travels of Mohammed Ali Effendi Sa'oudi 1904-1908
Author
Robert Graham, Farid Kioumgi
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Religious History, Judaism, Travel Writing
Publication Year
2015
Number of Pages
144 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
254mm
Item Width
254mm
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Robert Graham, Farid Kioumgi
Country/Region of Manufacture
Egypt
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