Author
Shanter, Luke
Author Original
شـــانـــتر لـــوك
Publication Date
2021
Publication Place
Kuwait: French Research Center for the Arabian Peninsula, 2021. -
French Research Center of the Arabian Peninsula
Subject
History., hajj., pilgrimage to Mecca., consul., pilgrimage to Mecca., consul., pilgrimage to Mecca.
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
1 online resource (548 p.)
Library
Penn Libraries
Library Asset ID
2-909194-69-8
Record ID
9978866052103681
Library Location
University of Pennsylvania Libraries
Date
2021
Notes
OpenEdition Books License https://www.openedition.org/12554 | Arabic
Sample Text
While they had thus far only intervened marginally in the economy of the pilgrimage to Mecca, the humanitarian catastrophe caused by the cholera epidemic of 1865-1866 prompted some colonial powers such as France and Great Britain, soon joined by Italy, to deal directly with the issue of organizing the travel and residence of their Muslim subjects in the holy cities of the Hijaz. For the first time in the history of Islam, the Hajj was supervised by non-Muslim forces. While the stated goal of European intervention in the Hajj economy was health protection for pilgrims arriving from the European continent, it concealed more political concerns. The challenge, then, is to make Hajj “manageable.” In this regard, the Great War and the annexation of the Hijaz by the Saudi government in 1925 were important steps in giving the colonial powers the means to build “hajj policies.” Thus, the 1930s represented the height of the intervention of European colonial powers in organizing the Hajj in Mecca, which helped transform it into an instrument of diplomatic and colonial influence. There are no problems with marginalization in the Mecca (hajj) economy, the human catastrophe created by the colony of 1865-1866, a contract of certain colonial children like France and Grande-Bretagne, You will be rejoined by Italy, and will be directed to the question of the organization of placements and the appearance of Muslim sujets in the Helmets Saintes. For the first time in the history of Islam, the Hajj had to be supervised by non-Muslim children. If the subject of the European inspection in the economy of the remaining sanitary protection of children and part of the European continent, there is no cache in the presence of most political advances. It is also possible to rendre the hajj “available”. It was left behind, the Grande Guerre and the Hedjaz annex by the Saudi government in 1925, consisting of important buildings in colonial puissances that contain veritable “politics of transportation”. The design of 1930 mark ainsi…
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