The medieval and Ottoman Hajj route in Jordan : an archaeological and historical study / Andrew Petersen ; with contributions by Michael Diboll, Dennis Genequand, Tony Grey, St John Simpson and Mehmet Tütüncü.
Publication Info.
Oxford : Oxbow Books ; [London] : Council for British Research in the Levant, [2012]
Principal written sources -- The medieval hajj route through Syria and Jordan -- Early Ottoman Arabia and the Syrian hajj route -- The Ottoman hajj route : motivation and ideology -- Travelling on the Darb al-Hajj -- Ottoman fortification in Palestine and Transjordan -- The hajj route in Syria -- Catalogue of hajj forts in Jordan -- Catalogue of forts in Saudi Arabia -- Arabic and Turkish inscriptions on the Darb al-Hajj -- Excavations at Qalat Unaiza -- Ceramics from at Qalat Unaiza and other hajj forts in Jordan -- Finds from Qalat Unaiza and other Ottoman forts on the Darb al-Hajj.
