Pilgrimage to The Caaba and Charing Cross.

Hassan, Hafiz Ahmed.

Published by W. H. Allen & Co., London, 1871

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217 pp.,+ 8 pp. (W. H. Allan?s publications] + [2], with 1 mounted albumen print portrait frontispiece, green original calf binding, with gold title lettering on spine & front cover, all edges red, cover slightly rubbed round corners, front endpaper foxed, otherwise copy clean and in very good condition. The author, who was Chancellor of the Exchequer to the deposed Muhammad Nawab. Hassan notes how his master was unfairly treated, particularly at the hands of Colonel Eden and describes how, ?He was from decaying health, physically and intellectually incapable of performing any duty which required the least mental application.?. The author provides an eyewitness account of their pilgrimage to Makkah and Madinah. A party of one hundred and fifty set off in January 1870 via Jeddah and Aden, the author provides a noteworthy description of the stages of the Hajj. Hassan describes the return journey to England, comparing the education of Englishwomen with those of their Indian counterparts, commenting also on the various accounts of the unfair deposition of the Nawab that appeared in English journals. Not in Macro; OCLC 4384569. #32900.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Pilgrimage to The Caaba and Charing Cross.
• Publisher: W. H. Allen & Co., London
• Publication Date: 1871
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Very Good