Hajj—Sultan Jahan | The Story of a Pilgrimage to Hijaz. Calcutta: Hacker, Spink & Co., 1909

Hajj—Sultan Jahan

The Story of a Pilgrimage to Hijaz. Calcutta: Hacker, Spink & Co., 1909

FIRST EDITION, 8vo (210 x 130mm.), SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title, 28 photographic plates, original blue cloth gilt, spine sunned, spine loose at joint

This richly descriptive work, written and signed by the Sultan Jahan, Begum of Bhopal (1858-1930), narrates her Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina, undertaken in 1903. The photographic plates supplement the intimate and philosophical text, showing the Fort of Mecca, Mount Arafat and Jamia Masjid, as well as portraits including the young Sahibzada Mohamed Hamidullah Khan Bahadur.