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Low publishes Imperial Mecca: Ottoman Arabia and the Indian Ocean Hajj
Low publishes Imperial Mecca: Ottoman Arabia and the Indian Ocean Hajj With the advent of the steamship, repeated outbreaks of cholera marked oceanic pilgrimages to Mecca as a dangerous form of travel and a vehicle for the globalization of epidemic diseases. European, especially British Indian, officials also feared that lengthy sojourns in Arabia might expose … Continue reading Low publishes Imperial Mecca: Ottoman Arabia and the Indian Ocean Hajj