Hadji Khan, a Persian Muslim writing as special correspondent of the Morning Post, with Wilfrid Sparroy, first explains the faith to Western readers: the message of the Prophet, the conditions of pilgrimage, forbidden foods, purification, prayer and the Muslim calendar. He then describes making the hajj of 1902 among the crowds of pilgrims, with an introduction by Ármin Vámbéry.
A rare insider’s account of the pilgrimage, written for Western readers at the start of the twentieth century. Download the free EPUB.