A pilgrimage to Mecca, tr. and ed. by mrs. Willoughby-Osborne. Followed by an appendix tr. by W. Wilkinson |
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Abdúl Arabs Arfát arrived asked Bakhshi Bedouins BEGUM OF BHOPAL Bhopal Bombay boxes camels Captain Mittú Khán caravan ceremonies city of Mecca clothes Consul Dowager Begum duty escort Faujdár Mahomed Khán French Consul Haddah Hájí Halak Highness hill Holy place holy shrine honour Húsen Imám India inhabitants of Mecca Istikbál J'afir Effendi Jeddah Ka'abah Khan Khutbah Korán Kudsíah Begum kurush ladies leave letter LOCALITY.-The Medina Moharram Molvi mosque mother mountain Muzdalifah Naib Bakhshí Nawab NAWAB SIKANDAR BEGUM Nazar o'clock occasion offered perform the Toáf pilgrimage pilgrims prophet Ramzán received remarks replied rest riáls road to Medina rupees sacred boundary Sacred Confines salám sent servants Sh'abán Shah Jehán Begum Sheikh sherbet Sherif Shêríf and Páshá Sikandar Begum slaves spot stone Suez suite Súlimán Beg Sultan of Turkey Toaf tomb Turkish Turks Umrah voluntary prayers Wazir Mahomed women wrote Zamzam Zenána
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