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September 18, 2008
"Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah" by Sir Richard Francis Burton.
Book Description (Amazon.com Review):
Volume 1 & 2 of a classic. Posing as a wandering dervish, Burton gained admittance to
the holy Kaabah and to the tomb of the prophet at Medina and participated in all the
rituals of the Hadj (pilgrimage). A treasury of material on Arab life, beliefs, manners
and morals, etc.
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