Abstract

This study examines how Muslim women's pilgrimage to Mecca has changed and evolved over time in the pre-modern era, focusing on the case of Central Asia, where previous studies were negligent. To this end, we analyzed the Islamic regal and philosophical texts, chronological history and specialized books related to the pilgrimage to Mecca, and paid attention to women's lives in them. Chapter 1 looks at discussions of women's pilgrimage to Mecca in the Quran and Hadith, the sources of Islamic law, as well as in legal and philosophical texts. Chapter 2 presents real-life examples of pilgrimage by Muslim women in pre-modern times from a variety of sources. In Chapter 3, this paper collects records related to pilgrimage to Central Asia to examine the transition of Muslim women's pilgrimage from this area in a historical context. As a result, Central Asia’s long history under Turkic rulers yielded no pilgrimage facility system, including pilgrimage caravans, until the 15th century. was . But, subsequently, occasional pilgrimages groups began to emerge, and women's pilgrimage records increased as well.

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