Western Arabia in the Leiden Collections. Traces of a Colourful Past

• Main Author: Mols, Luitgard (auth)
• Other Authors: Vrolijk, Arnoud (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Leiden University Press 2016
• Subjects: Exhibition catalogues & specific collections; Islam; Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography; western arabia; manuscripts collections; holy places of islam; domestic artefacts; Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje; Hajj; Jeddah; Mecca; Netherlands
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

"In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century Dutch diplomats, scholars and travellers assembled unique collections in Jeddah, Mecca and Medina. The Dutch presence in Arabia, where they established a consulate in Jeddah, was intimately connected with the supervision of the annual pilgrima...