A History of Jeddah - Hardcover
$56.99
$58.00
-2%Quantity
01
Pay over time for orders over $35.00 with
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9781108478793ISBN-10:1108478794UPC:9781108478793Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Middle EastSize:9.10 x 6.40 x 0.80 inchesWeight:1.6006Product ID:SCKBMYGWWR
A History of Jeddah
Known as the 'Gate to Mecca' or 'Bride of the Red Sea', Jeddah has been a gateway for pilgrims travelling to Mecca and Medina and a station for international trade routes between the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean for centuries. Seen from the perspective of its diverse population, this first biography of Jeddah traces the city's urban history and cosmopolitanism from the late Ottoman period...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9781108478793ISBN-10:1108478794UPC:9781108478793Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Middle EastSize:9.10 x 6.40 x 0.80 inchesWeight:1.6006Product ID:SCKBMYGWWR
Freitag, Ulrike: - Ulrike Freitag is Director of Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient and Professor of Islamic Studies at Freie Universität, Berlin. She is author of Indian Ocean Migrants and State Formation in Hadhramaut (2002) and co-editor of several volumes on urban history, including Urban Violence in the Middle East (2015).
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Contributor(s)
Author
Free shipping on orders over $75. Standard shipping takes 3-7 business days. Returns accepted within 30 days of purchase.