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Bosnian hajj literature : multiple paths to the holy / Dženita Karić

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Explores changing attitudes to the holy through a study of five centuries of Bosnian Hajj literatureDiscusses Hajj literature from Bosnia written between the 16th and 21st centuries in Arabic, Ottoman Turkish and BosnianEngages with a variety of classical and modern genres including narrative accoun...

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Main Author: Karić, Dženita (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2023]
Subjects:
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages > Saudi Arabia > Mecca.
Muslims > Bosnia and Herzegovina > History.
Muslims > Bosnia and Herzegovina > Biography.
Travel writers > Bosnia and Herzegovina > Biography.
Travel writing > Bosnia and Herzegovina > History.
Islam > Bosnia and Herzegovina > History > Sources.
Islamic literature > Bosnia and Herzegovina > History and criticism.
Islamic stories > History.
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages.
Muslims.
Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Saudi Arabia > Mecca.
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Acknowledgements
  • Note on Transliteration
  • Timeline
  • Introduction Writing about the Hajj through the Centuries
  • 1 The Meanings of the Sacred
  • 2 The Roads to Mecca
  • 3 Change
  • 4 Dis/Connections
  • 5 Bosniaks between Homeland and Holy Land
  • Conclusion: The Persistence of Devotion
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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