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Language: en
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Language: en
Pages: 381
Pages: 381
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-12-11 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press
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Language: en
Pages: 232
Pages: 232
Type: BOOK - Published: 1995 - Publisher: BRILL
"Medieval Jerusalem and Islamic Worship" provides fascinating new information about the Muslim holy places in Jerusalem, rituals and pilgrimage to these places
Language: en
Pages: 208
Pages: 208
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999 - Publisher: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
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