Arabian Trade and Pilgrimage Routes - 2003 lectures

http://www.soas.ac.uk/gallery/mappingarabia/lectures/lectures.html

School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

Lectures
MAPPING THE TREASURES OF ARABIA
 
28 January - 21 March 2003
 
There is to be a series of public lectures accompanying the exhibition, initiated and organised by Marian Bukhari, presented in association with LMEI (London Middle East Institute) and the Department of Art & Archaeology, School of Oriental and African Studies, chaired by Dr. Anna Contadini:
 
 
5th February
Dr Geoffrey King
"Coastal Pilgrim routes from Syria to the holy cities"
12th February
John Lawton
"Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh trade routes"
19th February
Dr Majeed Khan
"Petroglyphs and Rock Art of Arabia"
26th February
Jonathan Potter
"Cartography and the mapping of Arabia"
5th March
Dr. Martin Lings
"Mecca, Madinah and the Pilgrimage"
12th March
Dr Saad Al Rashid
"Darb Zubaidah and the Hajj routes"
19th March
Dr Mustafa Aksay
"Hejaz Railway as one of the Hajj routes"

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