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Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-madinah and Meccah

Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821 – 1890) was an English explorer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, ethnologist, linguist, poet, hypnotist, fencer and diplomat. He was known for his travels and explorations within Asia and Africa as well as his extraordinary knowledge of languages and cultures. According to one count, he spoke 29 European, Asian, and African languages.

Burton's best-known achievements include traveling in disguise to Mecca, The Book of One Thousand Nights and A Night, an unexpurgated translation of One Thousand and One Nights, bringing the Kama Sutra to publication in English, and journeying with John Hanning Speke as the first Europeans led by Africa's greatest explorer guide, Sidi Mubarak Bombay, utilizing route information by Indian and Omani merchants who traded in the region, to visit the Great Lakes of Africa in search of the source of the Nile. Burton extensively criticized colonial policies (to the detriment of his career) in his works and letters. He was a prolific and erudite author and wrote numerous books and scholarly articles about subjects including human behavior, travel, fencing, sexual practices, and ethnography. A unique feature of his books is the copious footnotes and appendices containing remarkable observations and unexpurgated information. (Summary from Wikipedia)

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Preface to the Memorial Edition (hefyd)
Preface to the Third Edition (hefyd)
Preface to the First Edition (hefyd)
To Alexandria (hefyd)
I leave Alexandria (hefyd)
The Nile Steamboat - The Little Asthmatic (hefyd)
Life in the Wakalah, part 1 (Ted Garvin)
Life in the Wakalah, part 2 (Ted Garvin)
The Ramazan (Rebekka Steg)
The Mosque (Jersey City Frankie)
Preparations to Quit Cairo (scarlettraces)
From Cairo to Suez (Phil Griffiths)
Suez (hefyd)
The Pilgrim Ship (Alia Makki)
To Yambu' (Alia Makki)
The Halt at Yambu' (Alia Makki)
From Yambu' (Alia Makki)
From Bir Abbas to Al-Madina (Alia Makki)
Through the Suburb (Alia Makki)
The Prophet's Tomb, part 1 (Alia Makki)
The Prophet's Tomb, part 2 (Alia Makki)
An Essay, part 1 (scarlettraces)
An Essay, part 2 (Alia Makki)
Al-Madina (Alia Makki)
The Mosque of Kuba (Pentti Hirvonen)
The Visitation of Hamzah's Tomb, part 1 (Crln Yldz Ksr)
The Visitation of Hamzah's Tomb, part 2 (Crln Yldz Ksr)
The People of Al-madinah, part 1 (Kalynda)
The People of Al-madinah, part 2 (Kalynda)
The Saints' Cemetery, part 1 (Crln Yldz Ksr)
The Saints' Cemetery, part 2 (Crln Yldz Ksr)
The Damascus Caravan (Alia Makki)
From Al-Madinah to Al-Suwayrkiyah (Alia Makki)
The Badawin of Al-hijaz, part 1 (Alia Makki)
The Badawin of Al-hijaz, part 2 (Sienna)
The Badawin of Al-hijaz, part 3 (Sienna)
From Al-suwayrkiyah to Meccah, part 1 (Sienna)
From Al-suwayrkiyah to Meccah, part 2 (Alia Makki)
The First Visit to Bayt Allah (Alia Makki)
The First Day (Anna Simon)
The Second Day (Alia Makki)
The Third Day (Alia Makki)
The Three Days of Drying Flesh (Thelma Meyer)
Life at Meccah, and Umrah, or the Little Pilgrimage (Alia Makki)
Places of Pious Visitation (Alia Makki)
To Jeddah (Anna Simon)
Of Hajj, or Pilgrimage (Anna Simon)
The Bayt Ullah, part 1 (Alia Makki)
The Bayt Ullah, part 2 (Alia Makki)
Specimen of a Murshid's Diploma (Nicholas James Bridgewater)
The Navigation and Voyages of Ludovicus Vertomannus, part 1 (Barty Begley)
The Navigation and Voyages of Ludovicus Vertomannus, part 2 (Alia Makki)
The Pilgrimage of Joseph Pitts, part 1 (Alia Makki)
The Pilgrimage of Joseph Pitts, part 2 (Alia Makki)
Giovanni Finati (Nicholas James Bridgewater)
Notes on My Journey (Nicholas James Bridgewater)
The Meccah Pilgrimage (Nicholas James Bridgewater)
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