Book مصور في الحجامة

1904 1908 Arabic Arabic PHENOMENAL The photos are amazing of course but also the writing The writing is technically a secondary source the authors summarize what Muhammad Ali Effendi Saudi wrote in his memoirs so since it s not a direct translation it s clearly filled with their interpretations The original memoir primary source was sold for tens of thousands of dollars to a private buyer just imagine all the historical research that could come out of that Anyways it follows Saudi s second hajj in January 1908 the last hajj that took place before the opening of the Ottomans Hijazi railway Super fascinating details about quarantining pilgrims camels politics between foreign Muslim leaders with the Hijazi ones and the Ottoman ones and the beduins Saudi is a photographer and worked for Egypt s Ministry of Justice on land property issues so he has an eye for details in landscape architecture geography He was also working with an archeologist to detail buildings and his love and appreciation for the Egyptian reformer Muhammad Abduh gave him interesting religious insights May Allah have mercy on him and his mother who accompanied him on his second hajj and accept his deeds Arabic