Mecca (1994)

Francis E. Peters

Year:	1994
Authors:	Francis E. Peters
Publishers:	Princeton University Press
Pages:	542
Print type:	BOOK

Description:

Mecca is the most forbidden of Holy Cities. Many Muslim historians and geographers have studied it--and countless pilgrims and travelers have left behind lively and well-publicized accounts of life in the city. The stories of all these figures--holy men and heathen alike--are collected here to offer a remarkably revealing literary portrait of the city's traditions and urban life.