Pilgrim.
One of Burton’s best known escapades was travelling in disguise to Mecca in 1853, where he successfully completed the ḥajj. He was immensely proud of his alternative persona as Abdullah the pilgrim, a wandering darwaysh (dervish) born in India of Afghan parents, and educated in Rangoon. He used the...
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Pilgrim. [electronic resource]. |
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| Format: | Physical Object |
| Language: | English |
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1855.
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SOAS Digital Library.
REGIONS. FORMATS. ARTE. RME. ISOAS. |
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One of Burton’s best known escapades was travelling in disguise to Mecca in 1853, where he successfully completed the ḥajj. He was immensely proud of his alternative persona as Abdullah the pilgrim, a wandering darwaysh (dervish) born in India of Afghan parents, and educated in Rangoon. He used the popular pseudo-science of phrenology to demonstrate his theories about the racial origins of the Arabs. -- Burton continued to court danger and controversy throughout his career, notably during his acrimonious quarrel with John Hanning Speke over events during their joint expeditions to East Africa in 1856-58, and his long friendship with the erotologist Henry Spencer Ashbee. (Text by Tom Tomlinson, from the exhibition catalogue: Objects of instruction : treasures of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Anna Contadini, Editor. London : SOAS, University of London, 2007.) |
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| Language: | English |
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1855.
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SOAS Digital Library.
REGIONS. FORMATS. ARTE. RME. ISOAS. |
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Saudi Arabia -- Makkah -- Mecca. |