Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El Medinah and Meccah Volume 1

Richard Francis Burton's firsthand account of his pilgrimage to Mecca is a classic of travel literature. He details the challenges he faced as a non-Muslim attempting to visit the holiest sites in Islam, and his insights into the culture and society of the region are still relevant today.

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