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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
9789354478956 |
037 ## - SOURCE OF ACQUISITION |
Terms of availability |
Purchased |
Note |
Mathrubhumi Books,Kaloor |
041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE |
Language code of text/sound track or separate title |
English |
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
Classification number |
297.352409 |
Item number |
SLI/HA |
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Slight,John |
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
Title |
HAJJ AND BRITAIN'S MUSLIM EMPIRE |
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
Edition statement |
1 |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
New Delhi |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Speaking Tiger |
Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2024/01/01 |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
Size of unit |
440 |
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
General note |
The British Empire at its height governed more than half the world s Muslims some scholars have called it the greatest Mohammedan power in the world . It was crucial, therefore, for the Empire to present itself to Muslims as a friend and protector, and in this, few tasks were more important than engagement with the pilgrimage to Mecca.Every year, tens of thousands of Muslims set out for Mecca from imperial territories throughout Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Men and women representing all economic classes and scores of ethnic and linguistic groups made extraordinary journeys across waterways, deserts, and savannahs, creating huge challenges for officials charged with the administration of these pilgrims. They had to balance the religious obligation to travel against the desire to control the pilgrims movements, and they became responsible for the care of those who ran out of money. John Slight traces the British Empire s complex interactions with the Hajj from the 1860s, when an outbreak of cholera led Britain to engage reluctantly in medical regulation of pilgrims, to the Suez Crisis of 1956. The story draws on a varied cast of characters Richard Burton, Thomas Cook, the Begums of Bhopal, Lawrence of Arabia, and frontline imperial officials, many of them Muslim and gives voice, throughout, to the pilgrims themselves.The Hajj and Britain s Muslim Empire is a crucial resource for understanding how this episode in imperial history was experienced by rulers and ruled alike. |
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
Formatted contents note |
Contexts<br/>Pilgrimage in the mid-Victorian era, c. 1865-1900<br/>Pilgrimage in the Edwardian era, 1901-1914<br/>The first world war and the Hashemite interregnum, 1914-1924<br/>Britain and the Hajj under Saudi control, 1924-1939<br/>Hajj from the far ends of Britain's Muslim empire, 1924-1939<br/>Hajj in the time of war and decolonization, 1939-1956 |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Saudi Arabia -- Relations -- Great Britain -- History. |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Saudi Arabia -- Mecca -- History. |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Great Britain -- Relations -- Saudi Arabia -- History. |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Great Britain -- Colonies -- Administration. |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages |
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
Koha item type |
Lending |
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |