View Mohammad Hosayn Farahani's Hajj Travel Route (1885-86) in a larger map
Adopted from "The Safarnameh of Mirza Mohammad Hosayn Farahani", from his pilgrimage in 1885-1886.
Farahani's journey to Mecca not only fulfills his pilgrimage obligation but also provides a detailed guidebook for his contemporary Persians needed for their Hajj travels. Thanks to the introduction of railroads between Baku and Batumi, Farahani takes the unconventional route to Mecca, traveling first to Batumi via train and then going to Istanbul by boat stopping along the route in several cities such as Trabzon and Sinop. After Istanbul, he continues his journey by boat to reach Alexandria over the Aegean Sea and from thereon to Jidda via Suez Canal. His return trip was also from the same route and his book was considered to be Guide Michelin of his time for round-trip Persian Hajj.
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