Pilgrimage and Piracy: The Martyr World of Haj
1. IntroductionImagine boarding a wooden ship in the port of Calicut or Surat, knowing that somewhere on the open sea ahead, pirates were waitin...
1. IntroductionImagine boarding a wooden ship in the port of Calicut or Surat, knowing that somewhere on the open sea ahead, pirates were waitin...
Abstract This paper examines the different aspects of the Safarnama of the Hajj pilgrimage by Sikandar Begum of Bhopal, and how it transformed fr...
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