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The first study to analyze the political subtext of Islam's most high-profile religious ritual.

The hajj, the fifth pillar of Islam, is a religious duty to be performed once in a lifetime by all Muslims who are able. The Prophet Muhammad set out the rituals of hajjwhen he led what became known as the Farewell Hajjin 10 AH (632 AD). This set the seal on Muhammad's career as the founder of a religion and the leader of a political entity based on that religion. The convergence of the Prophet with the politician infuse... MORE

Acknowledgements	p. 15
Introduction: The Politics of Pilgrimage	p. 15
The Prophet's Precedent: The Farewell Hajj of 10/632
The Prophet and The Pilgrimage	p. 19
The Rituals of the Hajj	p. 21
The Meaning of Mecca for the Muslim Community	p. 25
Following in the Prophet's Footsteps: The Era of the Rightly Guided Caliphs
Table 1	p. 29
A... MORE	p. 32
'Umar and 'Uthman: The Hajj as a Channel of Communication	p. 35
'Ali b. Abi Talib: All Roads Do Not Lead to Mecca	p. 39
The Hajj as a Platform for Rebellion	p. 41
Conspicuous by Their Absence: Who Did Not Lead the Hajj	p. 43
Mu'awiyah B. Abi Sufyan: A New Regime and a New Hajj Policy
Table 2	p. 45
Mu'awiyah and Leadership of the Hajj	p. 47
Political Choreography: The Hajj of the Caliph's Successor Son	p. 51
The Ruling Family and Leadership of the Hajj	p. 54
Leading the Hajj by Proxy: The Governorship of Medina and the Politics of Martyrdom	p. 56
Conspicuous by Their Absence: Who Did Not Lead the Hajj	p. 60
The Caliphate in Transition: The Hajj as a Barometer of Political Change
Table 3	p. 63
Yazld and Leadership of the Hajj:
The Haram as an Ideological Battleground	p. 65
Ibn al-Zubayr: Rebel or Ruler?	p. 70
Alternative Uses of the Hajj: The Haram as the Centre of an Information Network	p. 73
The Hajj of 68 AH: A Platform for Rebellion	p. 75
The Return of the Umayyads and the Reintroduction of the Sufyanid Hajj Policy
Table 4	p. 77
A Tale of Two Holy Cities: Mecca, Jerusalem and the Hajj	p. 79
The Hajj of 72 AH: A Barometer of Political Change	p. 81
Restoring Precedent: The Caliphs Victory Hajj of 75 AH	p. 84
The Issue of Succession: The Hajj Seasons of 78 AH and 81 AH	p. 86
The Governors of Medina and Leadership of the Hajj: The Sufyanid Model Revisited	p. 89
A House Dividing: The Successor Sons of 'abd Al-Malik: Al-Walid and Sulayman
Table 5	p. 95
Power and Patronage: The Caliphal Hajj of 91 AH	p. 97
Following in His Predecessors' Footsteps: Al-Walid's Succession Policy and Leadership of the Hajj	p. 100
Following in His Predecessors' Footsteps II: Al-Walid's Governors of Medina and Leadership of the Hajj	p. 102
The Caliphal Pilgrimage of 97 AH: Hajj and Jihad in the Same Year	p. 106
The Politics of Protest: Sulayman's Governors of the Holy Cities and Leadership of the Hajj	p. 110
'Umar II and Yazid II: A Different Approach to the Hajj
Table 6	p. 115
'Umar II: A Hajj Policy Based in the Hijaz	p. 116
Yazid II: Another/Z/j// Policy Based in the Hijaz	p. 119
'Umar II, Yazid II and Leadership of the Hajj: Some Unanswered Questions	p. 123
The Last of a Line: Hisham B. Abd Al-Malik
Table 7	p. 127
Restoring Precedent: The Caliphal Hajj of 106 AH	p. 130
The Hajj of the Heir Apparent in 116 AH	p. 134
The Hajj of the Would-Be Heir Apparent in 119 AH	p. 136
Keeping it in the Family: Hisham's Governors of the Holy Cities and Leadership of the Hajj	p. 139
All Roads Lead to Mecca: The Hajj as a Platform for Rebellion	p. 141
The Third and Final Generation: Al-Walid II to Marwan II
Table 8	p. 143
The Hajj of 115 AH: The Politics of Reprisal Revisited	p. 14s
The Hajj of 126 AH: The Search for Umayyad Unity	p. 149
The Ongoing Search for Umayyad Unity: The Hajj Seasons of 117 AH and 118 AH	p. 153
The Hajj Seasons 119 AH to 131 AH: Power Slips Away	p. 155
Summary: The Meaning of Mecca
Power and Patronage at the Pilgrimage	p. 161
Governing Islam's First Cities and Leadership of the Hajj	p. 161
The Politics of Protest: Alternative Uses of the Hajj	p. 164
The Politics of Pilgrimage	p. 165
The Sources and Their Challenges	p. 167
Further Reading on the Hajj and the Umayyads	p. 177
Bibliography	p. 183
Index	p. 191
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