Book contents
- The Holy City of Medina
- Series page
- The Holy City of Medina
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on the Text
- Abbreviations
- Book part
- Introduction
- 1 ḤaramandḤimā: Sacred Space in the Pre-Islamic Ḥijāz
- 2 Muḥammad and the ‘Constitution of Medina’: The Declaration of Medina’sḤaram
- 3 Debating Sanctity: The Validity of Medina’sḤaram
- 4 The Construction of a Sacred Topography
- 5 Following in the Prophet’s Footsteps, Visiting His Grave: Early Islamic Pilgrimage to Medina
- 6 The Prophet’s Inheritance: Medina’s Emergence as a Holy City in the First–Third/Seventh–Ninth Centuries
- Conclusion: From Yathrib to the Prophet’s City
- Bibliography
- Index
5 - Following in the Prophet’s Footsteps, Visiting His Grave: Early Islamic Pilgrimage to Medina
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2014
Book contents
- The Holy City of Medina
- Series page
- The Holy City of Medina
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on the Text
- Abbreviations
- Book part
- Introduction
- 1 ḤaramandḤimā: Sacred Space in the Pre-Islamic Ḥijāz
- 2 Muḥammad and the ‘Constitution of Medina’: The Declaration of Medina’sḤaram
- 3 Debating Sanctity: The Validity of Medina’sḤaram
- 4 The Construction of a Sacred Topography
- 5 Following in the Prophet’s Footsteps, Visiting His Grave: Early Islamic Pilgrimage to Medina
- 6 The Prophet’s Inheritance: Medina’s Emergence as a Holy City in the First–Third/Seventh–Ninth Centuries
- Conclusion: From Yathrib to the Prophet’s City
- Bibliography
- Index
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- The Holy City of MedinaSacred Space in Early Islamic Arabia, pp. 123 - 147Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014