Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 - Sir Richard Francis Burton - Book

Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1

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PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF A PILGRIMAGE TO AL-MADINAH & MECCAH
K.C.M.G., F.R.G.S., &c., &c., &c.
Our notions of Mecca must be drawn from the Arabians; as no unbeliever is permitted to enter the city, our travellers are silent. -Gibbon, chap. 50.
Dark and the Desert and Destriers me ken, And the Glaive and the Joust, and Paper and Pen.
Al-Mutanabbi
AFTER my beloved husband had passed away from amongst us, after the funeral had taken place, and I had settled in England, I began to think in what way I could render him the most honour. A material Monument to his memory has already been erected by his countrymen in the shape of a handsome contribution to the beautiful Mausoleum-tent in stone and marble to contain his remains; but I also hoped to erect a less material, but more imperishable, Monument to his name, by making this unique hero better known to his countrymen by his Works, which have hitherto not been sufficiently known, not extensively enough published, and issued perhaps at a prohibitive price. Viewing the long list of Works written by him between 1842 and 1890, many of which are still unpublished, I was almost disheartened by the magnitude of the work, until the Publishers, Messrs. Tylston and Edwards, fully appreciating the interest with which the British Public had followed my husband's adventurous career and fearless enterprise, arranged to produce this uniform Memorial Edition at their own expense.
My part is to give up all my copyrights, and to search out such papers, annotations, and latest notes and corrections, as will form the most complete work; also to write all the Prefaces, and to give every assistance in my power as Editress.
The Memorial Edition commences with the present Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah, which will be followed at intervals by others of my husband's works. Since this Memorial Edition was arranged, and the Prospectus issued, I have parted with the Copyright of my husband's famous translation of the Arabian Nights to the Publishers, and they are arranging to bring out that work at an early date, and as nearly as possible uniform in appearance with the Memorial Edition.

Sir Richard Francis Burton
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2003-11-01

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Arabian Peninsula -- Description and travel

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