Russian Hajj: Empire and the Pilgrimage to Mecca

Author/Contributor(s):	Kane, Eileen
Publisher:	Cornell University Press
Date:	05/15/2020
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

The first book in any language on the hajj under tsarist and Soviet rule, Russian Hajj tells the story of how tsarist officials struggled to control and co-opt Russia's mass hajj traffic, seeing it not only as a liability, but also an...