"Hajj" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... is rising fast, and the Bisheer is come (the messenger who precedes the Hajj, and brings letters). Bisheer is 'good tidings,' to coin a word. Many hearts are lightened and many half-broken to-day. I shall go up to the Abassia to meet the Mahmal and see the ...
— Letters from Egypt • Lucie Duff Gordon
... month had been concluded between the Huwaytat and the Ma'azah, probably for the better plundering of the pilgrims. This year the latter were many: the "Wakfah," or standing upon Mount Ararat, fell upon a Friday; consequently it was a Hajj el-Akbar, or "Greater Pilgrimage," very crowded and very dangerous, in more ways ...
— The Land of Midian, Vol. 1 • Richard Burton |
