Six months in Hejaz

Six months in Hejaz, John Farrier, how (Hajj Muhammad Amin), translation Anam Ipbash. John Farrier, Thomas Kin, Irish traveler and adventurer, set out on a maritime embassy and was only 23 years old. He gained a share of the present adventures, then visited Mecca and Medina between 1877-1878. He was one of the few Europeans who saw them as the future. He mentioned that he longed greatly to travel absolutely and served on a ship carrying a Muslim stone. He was able to join a Muslim prince from India who came to perform Hajj. Kin stayed in Mecca for six weeks, feeling as if he was immersed in a land of interest as if he had lived there as a child. Then, because of Medina, and when he saw it, he compared it to Constantinople in its beauty and splendor, and he elaborated in describing it and was very impressed. The book "Six Months in Hejaz" includes two parts: "Six Months in Mecca" and "My Journey to Medina," with events, scenes, and adventures the author experienced during his stay in Hejaz. As a brief summary of the author’s life, he is the eldest son among three boys and two girls of Pastor William Kin. He was born in Whitby, England, on October 4, 1854. He was expelled from school multiple times for running away and exploring the city. At twelve, he went to sea with some mystery about the reason. In 1883, John Kin declared that he had been sailing and wandering the seas for seventeen years, and that by the age of fourteen, he was familiar with all matters related to sea voyages, hardships, events, and horrors. John Kin also stated that he traveled from Turkey to Alexandria as a passenger for the first time, arriving there in summer 1877. Without mentioning any reasons, he said that after a few weeks of leaving Istanbul, he got the opportunity to perform Hajj to Mecca and Medina, noting that he had been thinking about it recently and prepared himself to be qualified for it, as he had served on ships carrying Muslim crews. A few days in Jeddah, John Kin was able to join the entourage of an Indian prince who came to perform Hajj. This way, the author secured the status of a Muslim man fluent in Hindustani and belonging to the entourage of the Muslim Indian prince, which gave him the legitimacy to move and travel freely by sea in Mecca and Medina. This book is one of many European writings on the subject of Hajj and Islam, but it is unique because it contains a direct and smooth narration of events.