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Date: 07 Apr  2005
From:jwmeri at gmail.com
Subject:New Book

NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT
DARWIN PRESS, INC
Princeton, NJ, U.S.A.
www.darwinpress.com

A LONELY WAYFARER'S GUIDE TO PILGRIMAGE

'Ali ibn Abi Bakr al-Harawi's
Kitab al-isharat ila ma'rifat al-ziyarat

Translated with an Annotated Introduction
by Josef W. Meri

(SLAEI series: Number 19)

About the Book:
More than 800 years ago, an Iraqi scholar, teacher, preacher, ascetic,
pilgrim, ambassador, and counsellor to the 'Abbasid caliph left his
native Iraq and settled in Syria. 'Ali ibn Abi Bakr al-Harawi (d.
611/1215) came to serve Saladin (r. 564/1169–589/1193) and his sons as
an advisor and an emissary to Christian rulers. Al-Harawi lived in an
age in which the Jews and Christians of the Islamic world lived in
relative peace and prosperity, even while Muslims were at war with the
Crusaders. This period witnessed the spread of Sufi orders, the
construction of domed shrines, and the growth of pilgrimage activities
throughout the Islamic world and Mediterranean.
   Al-Harawi's Kitab al-isharat ila ma'rifat al-ziyarat is the only
known medieval pilgrimage guide for the Islamic world, North Africa,
and the Mediterranean. This unique account is presented by Josef Meri
in a meticulously annotated English translation along with the
parallel Arabic text, and an accessible introduction that explores
al-Harawi's life and times. Among the pilgrimage sites included are
the Dome of the Rock and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in
Jerusalem, the tombs of the Companions of the Prophet Muhhammad in
Medina, the shrine of the Prophet's cousin and son-in-law 'Ali at
Najaf in Iraq and that of the Prophet Ezekiel outside Baghdad. Also
mentioned are Jewish and Christian sites and the antiquities of
ancient Egypt and Byzantium. A Lonely Wayfarer's Guide affords the
reader a rare glimpse into the popular pietistic practices, rituals,
and beliefs of the inhabitants of the medieval Mediterranean basin and
the Islamic world in general. This guide testifies to the author's
reverence for the holy places not just of Sunni and Shi'i Muslims, but
also those of Jews and Christians.

About the translator:

Dr. Meri is Fellow and Special Scholar in Residence at the Aal al-Bayt
Institute for Islamic Thought in Amman, Jordan (www.aalalbayt.org)
which is under the patronage of the Jordanian Royal Court.

Published: 2004; maps; halftone illustrations; Index
Size: 6⅛ x 9½ (15.6 x 24.1 cm); xli, 310 pages
CIP ISBN 0–87850–169–X $USD39.95 (Available on Amazon.com
approximately 11-Apr-2005)


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