The British Empire and the Hajj, 1865-1956

Contexts

Pilgrimage in the mid-Victorian era, c. 1865-1900

Pilgrimage in the Edwardian era, 1901-1914

The first world war and the Hashemite interregnum, 1914-1924

Britain and the Hajj under Saudi control, 1924-1939

Hajj from the far ends of Britain's Muslim empire, 1924-1939

Hajj in the time of war and decolonization, 1939-1956.