The medieval and Ottoman hajj route in Jordan : an archaeological and historical study /

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Petersen, Andrew.
Imprint:Oxford ; Oakville [Conn.] : Oxbow Books; [London] : Council for British Research in the Levant, c2012.
Description:xii, 240 p. : ill., maps ; 31 cm.
Language:English
Series:Levant supplementary series ; v. 12
Levant supplementary series ; v. 12.
Subject:
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9107654
Hidden Bibliographic Details
Other authors / contributors:Council for British Research in the Levant.
ISBN:9781842175026
1842175025
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Principal written sources
  • The medieval hajj route through Syria and Jordan
  • Early Ottoman Arabia and the Syrian hajj route
  • The Ottoman hajj route : motivation and ideology
  • Travelling on the Darb al-Hajj
  • Ottoman fortification in Palestine and Transjordan
  • The hajj route in Syria
  • Catalogue of hajj forts in Jordan
  • Catalogue of forts in Saudi Arabia
  • Arabic and Turkish inscriptions on the Darb al-Hajj
  • Excavations at Qalat Unaiza
  • Ceramics from at Qalat Unaiza and other hajj forts in Jordan
  • Finds from Qalat Unaiza and other Ottoman forts on the Darb al-Hajj.