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Livres anciens et modernes

Ahmed Hassan, Hafiz.

Pilgrimage to the Caaba and Charing Cross.

London, W. H. Allen & Co., [1871].,

2800,00 €

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Auteur
Ahmed Hassan, Hafiz.
Éditeurs
London, W. H. Allen & Co., [1871].
Thème
Middle East, incl. Arabian Gulf: History, Travels, Falconry and Horses
Langues
Anglais

Description

8vo. VIII, 174, 8, (2) pp. With mounted photoportrait frontispiece. Original elaborately giltstamped forest green cloth. All edges red. First and only edition; inscribed copy. The author worked in the service of the Nawab (sovereign) of Tonk, in Hindustan. A Muslim, the Nawab in January 1870 received permission to make the pilgrimage to Mecca. Ahmed Hassan accompanied him, and his account includes details of the crossing from Bombay to Jeddah, of the visits to Mecca and Medina, and of the continuation of his journey to England. The account is uncommon. - Occasional minute foxing to interior, otherwise a very fine copy in well-preserved original binding. Inscribed by the author on t. p.: "With the author's compliments". - OCLC 4384569. Not in Macro, Bibliography of the Arabian Peninsula.