Mijn Reis naar Mekka ("My Journey to Mecca"). Naar het dagboek van den Regent van Bandoeng. ("The Diary of the Regent of Bandung").

Mijn Reis naar Mekka ("My Journey to Mecca"). Naar het dagboek van den Regent van Bandoeng. ("The Diary of the Regent of Bandung").

Condición: UNSPECIFIED. First and only edition in Dutch, first printing, of a genuinely scarce account of the Hajj undertaken by the future Regent of Bandung and first Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs shortly before Ibn Saud's conquest of Hejaz. The account provides many important firsthand observations of the culture of religious pilgrimage and the actions of Sherif Hussein in the build up to the capture of Mecca. The present work is an expansion of an account first published in 1924 in the Bandung newspaper Algemeen Indisch Dagblad de Preangerbode, with additional detail on the history and rituals of Hajj in appendices. Chapters cover Wiranatakusumah's (1888-1965) voyage to Mecca, his impressions of the palace and library, and his pilgrimages to Taif and Arafat. During his visit, he met with Sharif Hussein several times and, in the diary, provides an eyewitness account of the flight to Jeddah in the face of Ibn Saud's advance. Wiranatakusumah's account with van Boven's editorship was also published in Indonesian in 1925. A fragile regional publication, with few copies in institutional collections outside the Netherlands and the US. Small octavo. Original purple card wrappers, title and decoration to front cover. With 20 half-tone plates. Contemporary ownership signature on half title. Spine and wrappers lightly sunned, small losses to spine ends, moderate foxing to edges and contents, plates bright overall. A very good copy. Nº de ref. del artículo: 151700

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