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Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah Chapter VI - The Mosque

Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah Chapter VI - The Mosque

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In which the author prepares carefully for his desert pilgrimage, navigating the intricate social and bureaucratic customs of Cairo with a judicious mix of patience and cunning, and makes acquaintance with an Albanian officer whose tempestuous character leads to a memorable but reputation-testing episode. Thereafter, mounted upon dromedaries and attended by Bedouin guides, he embarks upon the arduous journey to Suez, where the austere and stirring desert landscape awakens reflections on the tribes, the rawness of nature, and the noble resilience of the wandering Arab.
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