A Pilgrimage to Mecca, Tr. and Ed. by Mrs. Willoughby-Osborne. Followed by an Appendix Tr. by W. Wilkinson

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1870 Excerpt: ... place. The house of Sheikh Abd-ul-Kadir Jfllani. Remarks, the same as in No. 22. No. 57. Locality.--Near the bazaar Suk-ul-Lail. Holy place. Sh'aab-i-Ali the place where the fourth Caliph Ali was born. For the rest, as in No. 18. No. 58. Locality.--Safa. Holy place. Dar-iarkam. In this house the prophet, in consequence of the persecution of the unbelievers, remained secreted for several days. For the rest, the same as in No. 22. No. 59. Locality.--Safa. Holy place. Riwayat-uz-Zik at Safa. For the rest, the same remarks as in No. 22. No. 60. Locality.--The extremity of the Bazaar of Mecca. Holy place. The mosque of R'aaba. For the rest, as in No. 22. No. 61. Locality.--Jiad. Holy place. The mosque of the same name. For the rest, the same remarks as in No. 22. No. 62. Locality.--Jarwal. Holy place. The Tomb of Syad Sheikh Mahmud. For the rest, as in No. 22. No. 63. Locality.--Siik-i-M'ualla. Holy place. The Mosque of Rabi'ah. For the rest, same remarks as in No. 22. No. 64. Locality.--The Bazaar of Mecca, beyond the sacred boundary. Holy place. Safa-uMarwah. The ceremony of running at the Safa and Marwa is as follows. There is a place, on a hill, called Safa closely adjoining the Ka'abah, that stands in an angle, wholly unroofed, but having three doorways for entrance; and opposite to it, at a distance of about 240 or 250 paces, there is another place, called Marwah. Between these two places they come and go seven times, all the time repeating prayers and verses from the Koran. On this same plateau is a place called Milain, or the two-miles. The men run from the one to the other of these, but the women walk at their usual pace; the reason of this being because, at this place, it is said, the holy Hagar, the Mother of the holy Ishmael, ran in haste in search...