Empire of the Hajj: Pilgrims, Plagues, and Pan-Islam under British Surveillance,1865-1926

From roughly 1865 to 1926, the forces of European imperialism brought the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca under the scrutiny of non-Muslim interests. The driving force behind this dramatic change was the expansion of the British Empire’s maritime supremacy in the Indian Ocean basin. With the development...

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Main Author: Low, Michael Christopher
Format: Others
Published: Digital Archive @ GSU 2007
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Online Access:http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/history_theses/22
http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1021&context=history_theses