| List of Illustrations | |
| Ch. II | Muhammad: Medina and After |
| Ch. III | Building the Holy Land |
| Ch. IV | Caught in the Spice Chain: Europe and the Hijaz |
| Ch. V | The Ottoman Hijaz |
| Ch. VI | The Two Sanctuaries |
| Ch. VII | The Wars of the Kings |
| Ch. VIII | King and Caliph: The Sharifate of Husayn ibn Ali (1908-1925) |
| Chronology of Mecca and the Hajj | |
| Notes | |
| Works Cited | |
| Index |
Full of informative detail, and with substantial notes and bibliography, [Peters'] work is a true scholar's guidebook to further study... Library Journal [F. E.] Peters ... has constructed an entertaining and highly informative record of the vicissitudes of Mecca and Medina throughout the ages. -- J. B. Kelly National Review The author ... has sought to assemble, arrange, and explain the accounts of Muslims as well as non-Muslims--from sincere to fraudulent--about the Holy Land... F. E. Peters has definitely succeeded in accomplishing his goal... [He] has definitely done an outstanding job of explaining the accounts of various travelers to the Holy Land. The Historian
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