1st Edition

The Hejaz Railway and the Muslim Pilgrimage A Case of Ottoman Political Propaganda

By Jacob M. Landau Copyright 1971
304 Pages
by Routledge

304 Pages
by Routledge

304 Pages
by Routledge

This book, first published in 1971, details the Muhammad ‘Ārif manuscript which propagates the project of the Hejaz railway connecting Damascus with Medina and Mecca. The project has been seen as a specific, dramatic example of the phenomenon of growing Arab nationalism during the early years of the twentieth century. Included here is an annotated edition of the Arabic manuscript, an English... Read more

1. Introduction  2. English Translation of ‘Ārif’s Manuscript  3. Arabic Text  4. Glossary

Biography

Jacob M. Landau