Hajj Travelogues

Texts and Contexts from the 12th Century until 1950

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In Hajj Travelogues: Texts and Contexts from the 12th Century until 1950 Richard van Leeuwen maps the corpus of hajj accounts from the Muslim world and Europe. The work outlines the main issues in a field of study which has largely been neglected. A large number of hajj travelogues are described as a textual type integrating religious discourse into the form of the journey. Special attention is given to their intertextual embedding in the broader discursive tradition of the hajj. Since the corpus is seen as dynamic and responsive to historical developments, the texts are situated in their historical context and the subsequent phases of globalisation. It is shown how in travelogues forms of religious subjectivity are constructed and expressed.
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2024
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Richard van Leeuwen (Ph.D 1991) was senior lecturer in Arabic and Islamic studies at the University of Amsterdam. He has many publications in the fields of Middle Eastern history, Islamic studies and Arabic literature. He also works as a translator of Arabic literature.
Contents
Acknowledgements and Remarks
Maps

Introduction

part 1: From the Beginnings until 1800


1 The Formation of a Corpus
 1 Questions of Genre
 2 Intertextual Connections, Cultural and Historical Backgrounds
 3 Intra-generic Coherence
 4 Travellers and Their Readers
 5 Transmission
 6 Conclusion

2 Journeys
 1 Conventions for Travelling
 2 Trajectories and Caravans
 3 The Sea Route from Asia
 4 The Holy Places
 5 Themes and Issues
 6 Conclusion

3 Politics
 1 The Hajj and Processes of Globalisation
 2 The History and Organisation of the Hajj as a Political Issue
 3 Accompanying a Moroccan Princess on Hajj
 4 An Ottoman Perspective
 5 A Moroccan Embassy
 6 Mughal Perspectives
 7 Political Themes and References
 8 Conclusion

4 Religion
 1 The Religious Framework
 2 The Legal Framework
 3 Reformers
 4 Religious Frameworks 1: al-ʿAbdarī
 5 Religious Frameworks 2: al-ʿAyyāshī
 6 Scriptural and Legal Frameworks
 7 Places for Visitation (mazārāt)
 8 Rituals, Ceremonies, Feasts
 9 Women
 10 Scholarly Encounters
 11 Books
 12 Conclusion

5 The Spiritual Dimension
 1 Sufism and the Hajj
 2 Maghribī Pilgrims until the End of the 17th Century
 3 ʿAbd al-Ghanī al-Nābulusī
 4 Shāh Walī Allāh of Delhi
 5 The Maghribī Tradition in the 18th Century
 6 Conclusion

6 European Discourses
 1 Travellers and Informants
 2 Europeans in Mecca
 3 Scholars
 4 Polemicists
 5 Conclusion

part 2: 1800–1950


7 European Intrusions and the Impact of Modernity
 1 Modernity and Reform
 2 The Muslim World and the Spread of Modernity
 3 Cultural Debates
 4 European Discourses of the Hajj, 1800–1950
 5 European Travellers to Mecca
 6 The Second Wave of Saʿūdī-Wahhābī Insurgency
 7 European Pilgrims to Mecca
 8 The Hajj and European Scholarship
 9 Conclusion

8 Continuity and Change
 1 Issues of Genre
 2 Autobiographies
 3 Adab
 4 Realism
 5 Religion and Scholarship
 6 Administrative Handbooks
 7 Journals and Periodicals
 8 Guides
 9 Visual Material, Images, Photographs
 10 Conclusion

9 Journeys
 1 Itineraries
 2 Modern Travel
 3 Sanitary Arrangements
 4 Bureaucratic Formalities
 5 Conclusion

10 Politics
 1 Ottoman Reforms
 2 European Imperialism
 3 Egypt
 4 Troubles in the Hijaz
 5 Political Visions
 6 The Hijaz as a Place of Refuge and Immigration
 7 Conclusion

11 Religion
 1 Law and Theology
 2 Religion and Politics: The Case of Rashīd Riḍā
 3 Between Universalism and Diversity: The Islamic Congresses
 4 ‘Modern’ Muslims
 5 The Hajj and Political Militancy
 6 Shīʿīs
 7 Women on Hajj
 8 Conclusion

12 The Spiritual Dimension
 1 Sufism, Travellers, and Travelogues
 2 Hajj Accounts as Sufi Texts
 3 The Kattānī Shaykhs and Their Sufi Network
 4 Conclusion

Conclusion
 1 Framing the Hajj as a Journey
 2 Periodisation, Cultural Background, and Modernity
 3 The Hajj and Spirituality
Glossary
Travelogues
Bibliography
Index
All interested in the genre of travel literature, Arabic literature, Islamic history and the discursive tradition of the hajj, as a genre for the expression of religious subjectivity.
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