Western Arabia in the Leiden Collections : traces of a colourful past
Type: | Book (monograph) |
Title: | Western Arabia in the Leiden Collections : traces of a colourful past |
Author: | ; |
Pages: | 192 |
Publisher: | Leiden University Press (LUP) |
Issue Date: | 2016 |
Abstract: | In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century Dutch diplomats, scholars and travellers assembled unique collections in Jeddah, Mecca and Medina. The Dutch presence in Arabia, where they established a consulate in Jeddah, was intimately connected with the supervision of the annual pilgrimage to Mecca from the Netherlands East Indies, present-day Indonesia. Notable guests at this consulate included the formidable Dutch Islamicist Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, visiting Arabia in 1884-1885. With the invaluable help of local Muslims, Dutch collectors tried to capture the essence of what they regarded as an ‘authentic’ Oriental culture in a period when Arabia was already looking towards modernity. These extensive collections are now preserved at the Leiden Museum of Ethnology and Leiden University Libraries. Together, they allow a glimpse into a colourful and vibrant society, one virtually vanished today under ever-growing numbers of pilgrims, changing political and religious allegiances and sudden economic prosperity. |
Description: | This book is published in association with Leiden University Libraries and Museum Volkenkunde (Museum of Ethnology), Leiden, and is made possible through a grant from Aramco, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia |
ISBN: | 9789087282592 9789400602557 (e-ISBN) |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/1887/45216 |
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