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A history of Jeddah : the gate to Mecca in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries / Ulrike Freitag.

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"Jeddah was characterised bv a cosmopolitan population, resulting from the city's close connection to maritime trade and its function as the port of Mecca, the holymost city of Islam. Locally, this was conceptualised as the responsibility of hospitality for the guests of God. The study tra...

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Main Author: Freitag, Ulrike (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Sociology, Urban > Saudi Arabia > Jiddah.
Local government > Saudi Arabia > Jiddah.
Jiddah (Saudi Arabia) > History > 19th century.
Jiddah (Saudi Arabia) > History > 20th century.
Jiddah (Saudi Arabia) > Social conditions > 19th century.
Jiddah (Saudi Arabia) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Jiddah (Saudi Arabia) > Economic conditions > 19th century.
Jiddah (Saudi Arabia) > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Jiddah (Saudi Arabia) > Emigration and immigration.
Economic history.
Emigration and immigration.
Local government.
Social conditions.
Sociology, Urban.
Saudi Arabia > Jiddah.
History.

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