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2014 · réf. B1405120 — Denizler Kitabevi 2014. New. n/a n/a Part I and Part VI of the book are allocated to postcards portraying the departure and arrival of the pilgrims people seeing them off and welcoming them and the various states they were in throughout the journey. Apart from giving us an idea about the different forms of this journey in the past postcards also tell us how great a number of lands and peoples were affected around the time of pilgrimage every year. Parts IV and V consist of postcards from the holy cities of Mecca and Medina. Among these are many that illustrate different sights from the two holy cities Masjid al-Haram and Masjid al-Nabawi the locations of various Hajj rituals and places of visit. These postcards provide an opportunity to compare the present state of these two cities with their near past in terms of architecture and town planning. The Ottoman State launched the Hamidiye Hejaz Railroad project at the beginning of the 20th century. This was the greatest project undertaken after the Industrial Revolution for the comfort and safety of the tens of thousands of pilgrims undertaking the Hajj journey. Postcards of the Hejaz Railroad form Part VII. We have allotted the final part of the book to postcards with drawings. These imaginary drawings picture for us the mental images people conceived of the Hajj and its locations. Without them we thought the book would be incomplete. HB. 2500 gr. Denizler Kitabevi unknown