Mekka
work by Snouck Hurgronje
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- In Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje
His classic work Mekka, 2 vol. (1888–89), reconstructs the history of the holy city and sheds light on the origins of Islam, early traditions and practices, and the first Islamic communities. The second volume, translated into English as Mekka in the Latter Part of the 19th Century (1931),…
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