Russian Hajj. Empire and the Pilgrimage to Mecca - Eileen Kane

126 Chapter Four In its comprehensive scope and design, and its stress on comfort, efficiency, and affordability, Saidazimbaev’s ...

The Hajj and Religious Politics after 1905 127 outdoor courtyard.^30 Saidazimbaev would later describe his investment in this fa ...

128 Chapter Four Syrtlanov, a Bashkir from Ufa, who had recently served in the Second Duma.^34 To this group, he described his i ...

The Hajj and Religious Politics after 1905 129 ships. He also had the endorsement of Duma deputies. Downplaying his own financia ...

130 Chapter Four had gotten the Senate to ratify “Rules on the Transport by Ship of Muslim Pil- grims from Black Sea Ports to th ...

The Hajj and Religious Politics after 1905 131 autocrac y.^49 His support for religious reform was ultimately part of a broader ...

132 Chapter Four of the Sacrifice, the festival marking the end of the hajj, fell on a Friday, so crowds were expected to be lar ...

The Hajj and Religious Politics after 1905 133 In mid-June, at a special meeting of local officials, Tolmachev announced that th ...

134 Chapter Four his unique ability to bring order to the hajj traffic.^68 He assured Tolmachev that his comprehensive plan woul ...

The Hajj and Religious Politics after 1905 135 to house his hajj complex. Located in Peresyp, an outlying suburb about five mile ...

136 Figures 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5. Photographs from Odessa Russian-language newspaper, show- casing the khadzhikhane that Saidazimb ...

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14 0 Chapter Four Important aspects of the hajj complex were not captured in the Odesskii lis- tok photos, however. Surrounding ...

The Hajj and Religious Politics after 1905 141 have argued that in the aftermath of revolutionary activity and social upheaval d ...

14 2 Chapter Four a shipbuilding yard there.^87 But it did most of its business transporting hajj pil- grims from Sevastopol, wh ...

The Hajj and Religious Politics after 1905 143 The most damning critiques of Saidazimbaev and his hajj complex appeared in the e ...

14 4 Chapter Four “Go away!” whenever they approached the gates.^95 In another account, pub- lished in Nur, a group of Central A ...

The Hajj and Religious Politics after 1905 145 of dirty and sloppy Russians” coming from Jerusalem, who strolled off the ship an ...