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A Photographer on the Hajj: The Travels of Muhammed 'Ali Effendi Sa'udi (1904-1908)
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Hardcover
from Amer Univ in Cairo Pr (November 15, 2009)
9789774162909 | details & prices | 124 pages | 10.25 × 10.25 × 0.75 in. | 2.32 lbs | List price $34.95
About: The diaries of Muhammed Ali Effendi Saâoudi, a civil servant and accomplished photographer, offer a rare glimpse of the Hajj through Egyptian eyes at the beginning of the twentieth century when the Ottoman Empire was on the wane and the advance of the Hijaz railway threatened to upset vested interests in the old pattern of pilgrimage.
About: The diaries of Muhammed Ali Effendi Saâoudi, a civil servant and accomplished photographer, offer a rare glimpse of the Hajj through Egyptian eyes at the beginning of the twentieth century when the Ottoman Empire was on the wane and the advance of the Hijaz railway threatened to upset vested interests in the old pattern of pilgrimage.