Amīr al-ḥajj - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Amīr al-ḥajj - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Hathaway, Jane

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1060502
Doc. NO	:	ALei899
Main Entry	:	Hathaway, Jane
Title & Author	:	Amīr al-ḥajj - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Hathaway, Jane
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(869 words)
Abstract	:	The amīr al-ḥajj (literally, “commander of the pilgrimage”; also amīr al-ḥājj , “commander of the pilgrim”) led a state-sponsored caravan on the annual pilgrimage (ḥajj) to Mecca, bearing responsibility for the caravan’s security and presiding over the various ceremonies associated with the pilgrimage. According to Muslim tradition, the office originated in 9/630, when the prophet Muḥammad named Abū Bakr to lead 300 pilgrims from Medina to Mecca to perform the ḥajj in a manner appropriate to Muslim practice. As the early Muslim empire expanded, the need
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei899.pdf