Download or read book Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina, Vol. 1 of 3 (Classic Reprint) written by Richard Francis Burton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-07-25 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina, Vol. 1 of 3 It was during a residence of many years in India that Mr. Burton had fitted himself for his late undertaking, by acquiring, through his peculiar aptitude for such studies, a, thorough acquaintance with various dialects of Arabia and Persia; and, indeed, his Eastern cast of features seemed to point him out as the very person of all others best suited for an expedition like that de scribed in the following pages. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.