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Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah

Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah

Author: Burton
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Preface to the Memorial Edition

Word Count: 895    |    Released on: 18/11/2017

r the funeral had taken place, and I had settled in England, I

ique hero better known to his countrymen by his Works, which have hitherto not been sufficiently known, not extensively enough published, and issued perhaps at a prohibitive price. Viewing the long list of Works written by him between 1842 and 1890, many of which are still unpublished, I was almos

and collaborated with my husband in the traduction of Latin Classics for two years before he d

ons, and latest notes and corrections, as will form the most complete work; also

nce this "Memorial Edition" was arranged, and the Prospectus issued, I have parted with the Copyright of my husband's famous translation of the "Arabian Night

husband in his Arab costume, his monogram in Arabic, a

d's latest and most correct orthography of Arabic words, and has passed the sheets through the press. Following my husband's plan in "The Thousand Nights and a Night," he has put the accents on Arabic words only the first time of their appearance, to show how they ought to be; thinking it unnecessary to preserve throughout, what is an eyesore to the reader and a distress to the printer. So it is with Arabic books, - the accents are only pu

ilgrimage was accomplished. My husband had lived as a Dervish in Sind, which greatly helped him; and he studied every separate thing until he was master of it, even apprenticing himself to a blacksmith to learn how to make horse-shoes and to shoe his own horses. It meant living with his life in his hand, amongst the strangest and wildest companions, adopting their unfamiliar manners, living for nine mont

fe, he lived only for the benefit and for the welfare of England and of his countrymen, and of the Huma

May 24, 1893.

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1 Preface to the Memorial Edition2 Preface to the Third Edition3 Preface to the First Edition4 Dedication5 Part I Al-Misr Chapter I. To Alexandria6 Chapter II. I Leave Alexandria7 Chapter III. The Nile Steamboat - The "Little Asthmatic."8 Chapter IV. Life in the Wakalah9 Chapter V. The Ramazan10 Chapter VI. The Mosque11 Chapter VII. Preparations to Quit Cairo12 Chapter VIII. From Cairo to Suez13 Chapter IX. Suez14 Chapter X. The Pilgrim Ship15 Chapter XI. To Yambu'16 Chapter XII. The Halt at Yambu'17 Chapter XIII. From Yambu' to Bir Abbas18 Chapter XIV. From Bir Abbas to Al-Madinah19 Part II Al-Madinah Chapter XV20 Chapter XVI. A Visit to the Prophet's Tomb21 Chapter XVII22 Chapter XVIII. Al-Madinah23 Chapter XIX. A Ride to the Mosque of Kuba24 Chapter XX. The Visitation of Hamzah's Tomb25 Chapter XXI. The People of Al-Madinah26 Chapter XXII. A Visit to the Saints' Cemetery27 Chapter XXIII. The Damascus Caravan28 Chapter XXIV. From Al-Madinah to Al-Suwayrkiyah29 Chapter XXV. The Badawin of Al-Hijaz30 Chapter XXVI. From Al-Suwayrkiyah to Meccah31 Part III Meccah Chapter XXVII32 Chapter XXVIII33 Chapter XXIX. The Ceremonies of the Yaum Arafat, or the Second Day34 Chapter XXX. The Ceremonies of the Yaum Nahr, or the Third Day35 Chapter XXXI. The Three Days of Drying Flesh36 Chapter XXXII. Life at Meccah, and Umrah, or the Little Pilgrimage37 Chapter XXXIII. Places of Pious Visitation at Meccah38 Chapter XXXIV. To Jeddah39 Appendix I. Of Hajj, or Pilgrimage40 Chapter I. - Of Pilgrimage41 Chapter II. - Of Umrah, or the Little Pilgrimage42 Chapter III. - Of Ziyarat, or the Visit to the Prophet's Tomb43 Appendix II. The Bayt Ullah44 Appendix III45 Appendix IV46 Chapter XI47 Chapter XII48 Chapter XIII49 Chapter XIV50 Chapter XV51 Chapter XVII52 Chapter XVIII53 Chapter XX54 Appendix V55 Chapter VIII56 Appendix VI. Giovanni Finati57 Appendix VII. Notes on My Journey by A. Sprenger58 Appendix VIII. The Meccah Pilgrimage